Overview
- Draws from quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches to research for social justice and equity in education
- Includes diverse voices from various subdisciplines within education, different institution types, research approaches, and populations studied
- Covers philosophical and theoretical issues, applied data collection and analysis, and career or research trajectory content
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical and Philosophical Issues
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Approaches to Data Collection and Analysis
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About this book
This textbook presents an integrative approach to thinking about research methods for social justice. In today's education landscape, there is a growing interest in scholar-activism and ways of doing research that advances educational equity. This text provides a foundational overview of important theoretical and philosophical issues specific to this kind of work in Section I. In Section II, readers engage with various ways of thinking about, collecting, and analyzing data, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Finally, in Section III, through case studies and research narratives, readers will learn about real scholars and their work. This book takes a wide-ranging approach to ways that various modalities and practices of research can contribute to an equity mission.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kamden K. Strunk is Assistant Professor of Educational Research at Auburn University, USA, where he is also a faculty affiliate of the Critical Studies Working Group. He is a quantitative methodologist, teaching statistics for educational research at the graduate level. His research focuses on equity in education with particular emphasis on intersections of racial, sexual, and gender identities.
Leslie Ann Locke is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies at the University of Iowa, USA, and Director of the Research Initiative on Social Justice and Equity (RISE). Her research interests include leadership for social justice and equity, schooling for students from marginalized groups, equity-oriented education policy, and qualitative methodologies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education
Editors: Kamden K. Strunk, Leslie Ann Locke
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05900-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05899-9Published: 07 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05900-2Published: 26 February 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 308
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Research Methods in Education, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Social Work, Teaching and Teacher Education