Title: Researching education policy: Ethical and methodological issues
Author: David Halpin (Editor), University of Warwick Barry Troyna (Reader in Education
ISBN-10: 0750703458
ISBN-13: 9780750703451
The methodology researching of educational policy is the subject of this book. It takes a “behind the scenes” look at the conducting, the analysis and the interpretation of research carried out into educational policy issues revolving around the 1988 Education Reform Act.; The contributors draw on their project research experience to demonstrate the breadth of issues lionked with such policy research, and cover the gender and power balance between interviewer and interviewee, the difficulties resulting from different ideological stances of researchers and researched, and difficulties in finding links between research and policy.
