Contemporary Qualitative Research Exemplars for Science and Mathemat
This volume offers a unique set of research exemplars for science, mathematics and technology educators. The volume explores the important challenge of how to translate leading-edge methodologies into practical research strategies and techniques. The book
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Science & Technology Education Library VOLUME 33
SERIES EDITOR William W. Cobern, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA FOUNDING EDITOR Ken Tobin, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA EDITORIAL BOARD Henry Brown-Acquay, University College of Education of Winneba, Ghana Mariona Espinet, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Gurol Irzik, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey Olugbemiro Jegede, The Open University, Hong Kong Reuven Lazarowitz, Technion, Haifa, Israel Lilia Reyes Herrera, Universidad Autónoma de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia Marrisa Rollnick, College of Science, Johannesburg, South Africa Svein Sjøberg, University of Oslo, Norway Hsiao-lin Tuan, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan SCOPE The book series Science & Technology Education Library provides a publication forum for scholarship in science and technology education. It aims to publish innovative books which are at the forefront of the field. Monographs as well as collections of papers will be published.
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Contemporary Qualitative Research
Exemplars for Science and Mathematics Educators
edited by
PETER C. TAYLOR Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia
and
JOHN WALLACE Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia
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CONTENTS Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Contemporary Qualitative Research for Science and Mathematics Educators Peter C. Taylor and John Wallace
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SECTION I: MOVING FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF RESEARCH
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
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Working with Critical Feedback to Improve Research Writing Patricia Forster
15
Understanding Teacher Understanding: An Ethical Challenge Adrienne T. Gibson
23
Historicity, Narrative, and Metaphor: My Journey through Historical Research Robyn White
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Chapter 5
Understanding the Self as Instrument Judith Mulholland
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Chapter 6
Exploring Students’ Futures Images David Lloyd
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Chapter 7
School Science Stories and a Strategy of Action for Cultural Transformation Catherine Milne
SECTION II: MEETING THE RESEARCH CRISES Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Exploring Students’ Learning Experiences through Narrative Tales Vaille Dawson Naturalistic Inquiry in Cross-cultural Research: A Narrative Turn Jill Slay A Question of Balance: Critical Incid
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