Multidisciplinary Approaches to Educational Research

<p>This book provides an original perspective on a range of controversial issues in educational and social research through case studies of multi-disciplinary and mixed-method research involving children teachers schools and communities in Europe and the developing world. These case studies from researchers across continents and across disciplines explore a range of interesting issues including the relevance of research approaches to very different national settings and to the kinds of questions being asked; the barriers of language and culture between researcher and researched; articulating the thinking and feelings of very young children; the challenges of dealing with partiality of data; issues of identity subjectivity and reflexivity; and transferring research approaches from one national setting to the problems posed in another.</p>