This book offers a well-informed and timely appraisal of the rationale for ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. It examines some of the influences that have shaped work of this kind, and its relationship to mainstream social science. -- .
Educational Research maps the demands now being made on educational research against the background complexities of the relationship between research and practice.
This book engages with key intellectual challenges facing social science today, at a time when it is under considerable pressure to... Læs mere
In this confrontational text Martyn Hammersley looks at the key issues in current social research methodology, it is a must-read for those interested in the state of this field.
In this confrontational text Martyn Hammersley looks at the key issues in current social research methodology, it is a must-read for those interested in the state of this field.
Provocative essays on current developments and debates that are essential reading for anyone interested in the future of qualitative research.
Educational Research maps the demands now being made on educational research against the background complexities of the relationship between research and practice.
Recent years have seen a growing range of challenges to the idea that research should be governed by the principle of value neutrality. In this stimulating and often controversial book, Martyn Hammersley weighs the arguments offered in support of these positions.
Recent years have seen a growing range of challenges to the idea that research should be governed by the principle of value neutrality. In this stimulating and often controversial book, Martyn Hammersley weighs the arguments offered in support of these positions.
Provocative essays on current developments and debates that are essential reading for anyone interested in the future of qualitative research.
These conceptions of culture are interrogated, and a reformulation of the concept is sketched.This book will be of interest to students and scholars across a variety of fields, including anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, and education.
Originally published in 1990, Classroom Ethnography examines the interplay between empirical research and methodological reflection. It will be of use to those with an interest in educational research methodology and, in particular, of ethnographic research on classrooms.