Research as Social Change: New Opportunities for Qualitative Research

Author:   Michael Schratz ,  Rob Walker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415118682


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   14 September 1995
Format:   Hardback
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Research as Social Change: New Opportunities for Qualitative Research


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Have you ever thought research is boring? Social research does offer the possibility of involvement in projects that are informative, sometimes revealing, and fun to do. This book shows us that teaching, learning and research are essentially social and deeply personal activities and that fun needs to be an integral part of this. The main concerns of the text are with qualitative research, action research and case study methods. It goes back to first principles arguing for research that is concerned with the nature of personal memories and of perception, the use of drawings and photographs, the emotional relationships implicit in any kind of research and the context of the contemporary workplace. The authors develop directions and possibilities for research and find ways of bringing together theory and practice, the personal and the social, and organizations and their clients.

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Author:   Michael Schratz ,  Rob Walker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780415118682


ISBN 10:   0415118689
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   14 September 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Social research as social action 2 Elephants and apples: from social perception to false Consciousness 3 Collective memory-work: the self as a re/source for re/Search 4 Being there: using pictures to see the invisible 5 Reading to write: finding song lines in the research Literature 6 Theory is not just theoretical 7 Emotional work in doing research: looking at/with a blind spot in academic relationships 8 In place of work: beyond the recognition of prior learning 9 Windows to look through/windows to break, open or close

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Michael Schratz teaches methodology and curriculum innovation at the University of Innsbruck and his research interests in management and leadership in the context of educational change have recently taken him to communities in Estonia, Croatia and Australia. Rob Walker teaches classroom research by distance education at Deakin University, his students being located in various parts of Australia and elsewhere around the Pacific rim.

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