{"product_id":"educational-research-an-unorthodox-introduction-paperback","title":"Educational Research: An Unorthodox Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGert Biesta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith so much technical information about research methods it is easy to lose sight of the bigger picture of why we carry out educational research and where and how research might contribute to the improvement of education. \u003ci\u003eEducational Research: An Unorthodox Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e steps you through the wider social and political contexts of educational research, focusing on fundamental questions such as what education actually 'is' and what it is for. In doing so, the book raises questions that more 'orthodox' introductions to the theory and practice of educational research often leave aside. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGert Biesta covers a range of key issues which permeate any educational research project, including the roles of theory in research, what it means and takes to improve education, the nature of educational practice, the history of educational research and scholarship, the connection between research, professionality and democracy and what the social and political dimensions of academic publishing are. Each chapter includes a set of questions to stimulate further discussion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGert Biesta \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Public Education at the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, Maynooth University, Ireland; Professorial Fellow for Educational Theory and Pedagogy at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK; NIVOZ Professor for Education at the University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands; and Visiting Professor at the University of Agder, Norway. He is Associate Editor of \u003ci\u003eEducational Theory \u003c\/i\u003eand Co-Editor of \u003ci\u003eBritish Educational Research Journal. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Risk of Education \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), \u003ci\u003e The Rediscovery of Teaching \u003c\/i\u003e(2017), \u003ci\u003eObstinate Education \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), and co-author of \u003ci\u003eReflective Teaching in Further, Adult and Vocational Education \u003c\/i\u003e(2015)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTeacher Agency \u003c\/i\u003e(2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53425642996019,"sku":"9781350097971","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/wLKXCrWNcg9781350097971.webp?v=1780520060","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/educational-research-an-unorthodox-introduction-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}