A Practical Guide to Teaching Research Methods in Education brings together more than 60 faculty experts. The contributors share detailed lesson plans about selected research concepts or skills in education and related disciplines, as well as discussions of the intellectual preparation needed to effectively teach the lesson.
Grounded in the wisdom of practice from exemplary and award-winning faculty from diverse institution types, career stages, and demographic backgrounds, this book draws on both the practical and cognitive elements of teaching educational (and related) research to students in higher education today. The book is divided into eight sections, covering the following key elements within education (and related) research: problems and research questions, literature reviews and theoretical frameworks, research design, quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods, findings and discussions, and special topics, such as student identity development, community and policy engaged research, and research dissemination. Within each section, individual chapters specifically focus on skills and perspectives needed to navigate the complexities of educational research. The concluding chapter reflects on how teachers of research also need to be learners of research, as faculty continuously strive for mastery, identity, and creativity in how they guide our next generation of knowledge producers through the research process.
Undergraduate and graduate professors of education (and related) research courses, dissertation chairs/committee members, faculty development staff members, and graduate students would all benefit from the lessons and expert commentary contained in this book.
Section I: Topics, Problems, and Research Questions;
1. Introduction to
Section I: Research Topics, Problems, and Questions
2. From Personal Passion
to Hot Topics: Selecting a Topic to Research
3. Articulating a Research
Problem and its Rationale: Using Graphical Depictions, Exemplars, and
Students Own Work
4. Branch out: Using Tree Diagrams to Select and Develop
Research Questions; Section II: Literature Review and Theoretical/Conceptual
Framework
5. Introduction to Section II: Literature Review and
Theoretical/Conceptual Framework
6. Connecting Pieces to the Puzzle: Finding
and Maintaining Resources
7. The Candy Sort: Organizing the Literature Review
8. Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks: Understanding the Role of Theory in
Congruent Research Designs; Section III: Research Design
9. Introduction to
Section III: Research Design
10. Visualize Your Research Design: Moving from
Research Questions to Research Design
11. Lets Road Trip: Aligning
Theoretical Frameworks, Research Questions & Research Design
12. The Self and
Research: Positionality through Artifacts
13. Trustworthiness and Ethics in
Research: Using Reflexivity to See the Self in Ethical Research; Section IV:
Quantitative Methods
14. Introduction to Section IV: Quantitative Methods
15.
Making Sense of Multivariate Analysis: Real World Applications
16. Linear
regression: A Student-driven Application of Team-based Learning
17. Hands-on
Application of Exploratory Factor Analysis in Educational Research
18.
Trending Topic: Teaching Difference-in-differences in a Quasi-experimental
Methods Course; Section V: Qualitative Methods
19. Introduction to Section V:
Qualitative Methods
20. Listening Deeply: Preparing to Facilitate Interviews
and Focus Groups
21. Write What You See, Not What You Know: Learning the
Method of Observation Through the Visual Arts
22. On the Recovery of Black
Life: A Holistic Approach to Document Analysis
23. Emerging Approaches:
Ensuring a Pyramid of Congruence when using Critical and Poststructural
Theories in Qualitative Educational Research
24. Exploring How Epistemologies
Guide the Process of Coding Data and Developing Themes; Section VI: Mixed
Methods
25. Introduction to Section VI: Mixed Methods
26. Low Hanging Fruit,
Ripe for Inquiry: Considering the Quantitative Dimensions of Mixed Methods
Research
27. Creating your Masterpiece: Applying Brush Strokes to Qualitative
Exploration of Mixed Methods Research
28. Presenting and Visualizing a Mixed
Methods Study; Section VII: Findings and Discussion
29. Introduction to
Section VII: Findings and Discussion
30. An Introduction to Regression using
Critical Quantitative Thinking
31. Show the Story: Presenting Qualitative
Findings
32. Block by Block: Building a Discussion Section
33. Making the
Theoretical Practical: Implications for Theory
34. The Donut Memo: Writing
for Policymakers and Practitioners; Section VIII: Special Topics
35.
Introduction to Section VIII: Special Topics
36. Scholarly Identity
Development of Undergraduate Researchers: A Lesson Plan for Professional
Development
37. Developing Students Cultural Competence through Video
Interviews
38. Preparing Students for Community-engaged Scholarship: A Lesson
Plan for Collaborative Inquiry Grounded in Awareness of Self and Others
39.
Teaching Policy Implications: Can You Have Your Cake and Eat it Too?
40.
Introducing Scholars to Public Writing; Closing Words: Helping Students to
Learn Research and Become Researchers
Aimee LaPointe Terosky is Professor of Educational Leadership, Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctor of Educational Leadership program, and university liaison to School District of Philadelphia at Saint Joseph's University, USA. Her expertise in K-12 and Higher Education is in teaching/learning, urban principal and faculty careers, and qualitative research.
Vicki L. Baker is the E. Maynard Aris Endowed Professor in Economics and Management at Albion College, USA. She currently serves as the faculty director of the Albion College Community Collaborative. Her most recent book is Managing Your Academic Career: A Guide to Re-Envision Mid-Career (Routledge 2022).
Jeffrey C. Sun is professor of higher education and law and distinguished university scholar at the University of Louisville. Dr. Suns research examines the extent to which policy instruments, other legal actions, and innovative interventions advance or inhibit academic operations through college teaching, learning, and knowledge creation.
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