A student's guide to methodology : justifying enquiry /
Peter Clough and Cathy Nutbrown.
- Third edition.
- xv, 269 pages ; 24cm .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
COVER ; Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Preface: How to Read this Book; Part 1 -- Research is Methodology; 1 What is Research?; 2 What is Methodology?; Part 2 The Pervasive Nature of Methodology; 3 Looking: Seeing Beyond the Known; 4 Listening: Issues of Voice; 5 Reading: Purpose and Positionality; 6 Questioning: The Focus of Research; Part 3 Making Research Public; 7 Research Design: Shaping the Study; 8 Reporting Research: Telling the Story; 9 Research Action: Next Steps; References; Appendix; Author Index; Subject Index.
The Third Edition of this hugely popular text provides students with straightforward principles and frameworks for understanding methodology. Peter Clough and Cathy Nutbrown are adept at making methodology meaningful for beginners and more advanced readers alike. Their book clearly demonstrates how methodology impacts.