Beyond the Research
Resilience and Adaptability in the Research Process
Beyond the Research
Resilience and Adaptability in the Research Process
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Description
Conducting real life, large-scale, complex research in education is no mean feat – especially early in one's career – but the case studies in this book demonstrate that it is possible when conducted by flexible researchers and guided by research experts. The collection showcases bold and innovative research by postgraduate scholars that goes beyond just doing the research. It frames research not just as an academic exercise, but an opportunity to develop problem-solving skills and manage complex situations and relationships.
Focusing on unexpected turning points in research and emergent opportunities that lie outside of initial research designs, each chapter highlights the personal struggles, breakthroughs, and transformative lessons that shaped the authors' academic paths. These scenarios include expanding theory into fieldwork, factoring neurodiversity into research planning, and coping with failed projects. Each chapter directly explains how commonly espoused qualities like rigour, tenacity and flexibility actually function in the lived reality of the research project and section introductions from veteran researchers go even further in drawing out the crucial lessons and themes.
Table of Contents
1. Tales from beyond the research: Introducing the themes of the book, Beng Huat See (University of Birmingham, UK) and Stephen Gorard (Durham University, UK)
Part Two: Dramatic Data Loss
2. The mystery of the disappearing school: Evaluating a youth social action programme, Beng Huat See (University of Birmingham, UK)
3. Addressing the issue of unequal access to music education for disadvantaged students, Mofan Li (Durham University, UK)
4. How supervision can shape research from early uncertainty to rigorous evaluation of Accelerated Reader, Fujia Yang (University of Birmingham, UK)
5. Week 3 nightmare in an intervention to promote motivation, Weiyi Zhao, (University of Birmingham, UK)
6. From VIP quarantine to classroom chaos in a study of metacognition, Xiaofan Zhou (Durham University, UK)
Part Three: Benefits of Hindsight?
7. The path of elimination: What does not drive disadvantaged students' academic success, Carolina Gazmuri, Durham University, UK)
8. Is contextualised admission to higher education a mean kind of fairness?, Yiyi Tan (Leeds University, UK)
9. Small gestures, meaningful change: Lessons from an evaluation of evidence us by teachers, Wenqing Chen (Durham University, UK)
10. Taming the chaos in a planned study of poor literacy, Katherine Collier (Durham University, UK)
11. Time to be seen and heard: Embedding dissemination in my study of critical thinking, Keji Fan (Southampton Education School, UK)
Part Four: Unexpected Experiences
12. Rigour as negotiation: Expecting the unexpected in a parental engagement intervention, Yang Liang (Birmingham University, UK)
13. Negotiating cha-cha-cha-llenges in research: Early career teacher and teaching assistant teams in English primary schools (with some ballroom dancing), Geoffrey Lewis (Warwick University, UK)
14. I want to be free like the wind: Listening to adolescents' voices in self-affirmation research, Fuqing Han (Durham University, UK)
15. How planning cannot prevent the unexpected, Tomáš Želinský (Technical University Kosice, Poland)
16. Understanding process evaluation: Reflections from a series of literary catch-up trials, Nadia Siddiqui (Durham University, UK)
Part Five: Conclusion
17. What can we learn from these adventures?: Implications from beyond the research, Beng Huat See (University of Birmingham, UK) and Stephen Gorard (Durham University, UK)
Index
Product details
| Published | Mar 04 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781350611719 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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