The Sage handbook for research in education: pursuing ideas as the keystone of exemplary inquiry

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1. Exploring Ideas: Embracing Inquiry and the Craft of Framing Meaningful Problems

Section I. Exploring the Multiple Purposes of Inquiry and Key Stakeholders

Introductory Essay / D. C. Phillips

1. Muddying the Waters Even More: The Many Faces of Empirical Educational Inquiry / D. C. Phillips

2. Speaking Truth to Policy and Practice / Robert E. Floden

3. Minding the Gap Between Research and Policy Making / David N. Plank

Section II. Formulating Meaningful Problems

Introductory Essay / Daniel K. Lapsley

4. Developing and Framing Meaningful Problems / Daniel K. Lapsley

5. Inquiry Through a Keyhole: Retroduction / Ronald C. Serlin

6. Reviewing Literature and Formulating Problems / Carolyn Kelley

7. The Challenge of Framing a Problem: What Is Your Burning Question? / Susan Harter

8. Developing and Nurturing Interesting and Researchable Ideas / Kathryn R. Wentzel

9. Situating Ourselves and Our Inquiry: A First-Person Account / James Youniss

Part 2. Pursuing and sharing ideas: The design and conduct of inquiry and the communication of Results

Section III. Opportunities and Challenges in Designing and Conducting Inquiry

Introductory Essay / Ronald C. Serlin

10. Research Design in Qualitative/Quantitative/Mixed Methods / Michael R. Harwell

11. Intellect, Light, and Shadow in Research Design / John P. Bean

12. Comparative Education: An Approach to Educational Inquiry / David Phillips

13. Conceptualizing and Conducting Meaningful Research Studies in Education / Ronald H. Heck

14. Constructing Data / Kadriye Ercikan / Wolff-Michael Roth

15. Constructing Analyses: The Development of Thoughtfulness in Working With Quantitative Methods / Michael Seltzer / Mike Rose

16. Approaching Rigor in Applied Qualitative Research / J. Douglas Toma

17. Constructing Conclusions / King D Beach / Betsy Jane Becker / Mary M. Kennedy

18. Windows of Possibility: Perspectives on the Construction of Educational Researchers / Anna Neumann / Aaron M. Pallas

19. Education as Design for Learning: A Model for Integrating Education Inquiry Across Research Traditions / Richard Halverson / Erica Rosenfeld Halverson

Section IV. Writing, Voicing, and Disseminating Research

Introductory Essay / Elizabeth Graue

20. Cultivating Idea-Centric Writing in Our Teaching of Writing / Laura A. Dunek / Clifton F. Conrad

21. Writing in Education Research / Elizabeth Graue

22. Experimenting With Voice and Reflexivity to Produce Multi-Voiced Texts / Elizabeth G. Creamer

23. Getting the Word Out: Challenges and Opportunities in Explaining Educational Research to the World / Gerald W. Bracey

Part 3. Engaging Ideas: Reflections of Scholars

Section V. Reflections on Critical Incidents in Exemplary Inquiry

Introductory Essay / Elfrieda H. Hiebert

24. Using Historical Methods to Explore Educational Questions / Marybeth Gasman

25. Texts for Beginning Readers: The Search for Optimal Scaffolds / Elfrieda H. Hiebert

26. Conducting Research on Leadership and Change in Education / Karen Seashore Louis

27. College Access and Educational Research: Persistent Problems and New Perspectives / Ryan Evely Gildersleeve / Patricia M. McDonough

28. The Arc of Research / William G. Tierney

Index

About the Editors

About the Section Editors

About the Contributors