This volume aims to help prospective educational researchers plan their research in schools more carefully. It focuses on such issues as: access and credibility

This book argues for independent, critical research on education policy in the context of attacks on the quality and usefulness of educational research in gener

Readers are taken through the various stages in conducting case study research, including a helpful account of data collection and data analysis methods. Struct

The book offers guidance on the theoretical and methodological resources available to practitioners and others with an interest in doing research on policy and

Co-published by Routledge for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Educational policy continues to be of major concern. Policy debates about eco