Jeff Adams & Matt Cochrane 
Applying Theory to Educational Research [EPUB ebook] 
An Introductory Approach with Case Studies

Applying Theory to Educational Research provides educational researchers with an accessible introduction to the process of selecting and applying theories in their work.

* Offers an innovative and accessible approach to educational research by providing practical examples of the application of theory

* Gives ‘hands-on’ accounts for the researcher and practitioner

* Explains and discusses complex ideas in the light of experience in using and applying them

* Covers the application of major theorists such as Bourdieu, Foucault, Weber, Derrida, and Vygotsky

For beginning researchers, theory can be one of the most stimulating – yet intellectually daunting – aspects of academic work. Applying Theory to Educational Research provides new educational researchers with a uniquely accessible introduction to the process of selecting and applying theories in their own work. Written by a team of leading educationalists writing from the perspective of new researchers, clearly structured chapters introduce individual theorists and their ideas, present their applications and limitations, and provide extensive references and suggestion for further reading. Major theorists such as Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault, Max Weber, Jacques Derrida, and Lev Vygotsky are included, along with many more recent educational theorists. Throughout the text, helpful hints and signposts are provided to alert readers to the potential pitfalls of applying theory.

Innovative and illuminating, Applying Theory to Educational Research offers a wealth of practical insights that will point the way for novice researchers struggling to navigate an often daunting intellectual obstacle course.

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About the Contributors vii

Preface xiii

Acknowledgements xv

Introduction 1

Jeff Adams, Matt Cochrane and Linda Dunne

Part I New Voices: Beginning Researchers Apply Theory
11

1 Learning and Maintaining Professional Expertise Within a
Multi-Professional Critical Care Team 15

Jill Cochrane

2 The ‘Q’ Standards and Initial Teacher Training: The Discursive
Formation of Teachers and their Trainers 31

Paul Bartle

3 Power and Status Theories in Teachers’ Professional
Development 47

Karen Castle

4 The Process of Technology Learning: Applying Bruner’s Theory
on Play, Discovery and Cultural Learning to the Acquisition of ICT
Capability 61

Paula Beer

Part II Emergent Voices: Accounts by Researchers Becoming
Familiar with the Use of Theory 75

5 Teachers’ Professional Identity: Theoretical Perspectives on
Workplace Learning in the Teaching Context 81

Rob Foster

6 Children’s University Aspirations and the Effects of Cultural
and Social Capital 95

Matt Cochrane

7 Finding Theory Through Collaborative Research 109

Clare Woolhouse

8 How Applying a Discourse-Based Approach to Investigate
Inclusion Changed a Research Project and a Way of Thinking
123

Linda Dunne

Part III Voices of Experience: Accounts by Researchers Versed
in the Use of Theory 139

9 Should I be Singing This, and if So, How High?: Theoretical
Approaches to Boyhood and Masculinity 145

Martin Ashley

10 Theorizing from Bricolage: Researching Collaboration in Art
and Design Education 157

Madeleine Sclater

11 Constructivism and the Pedagogy of Teacher Education:
Reflections on Practice 175

Graham Rogers

12 Developing Professional Practice through Action Research:
Theory-Generative Approaches in Practitioner Research 189

Mary Mc Ateer

13 Art Practice as Education Research 203

Jeff Adams

Postscript 219

Jeff Adams, Matt Cochrane and Linda Dunne

Index 221

Giới thiệu về tác giả

Jeff Adams is Professor of Education at the University of
Chester and Principal Editor of the International Journal of Art
and Design Education. He is the author of Documentary
Graphic Novels and Social Realism (2008) and co-author
of Teaching Through Contemporary Art (2008).

Matt Cochrane is Senior Lecturer in Education at Edge
Hill University. He is a co-author of Teaching Science
(2009).

Linda Dunne is Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at
Edge Hill University. She is a member of the British Educational
Research Council.