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Methods for Researching Professional Learning and Development: Challenges, Applications and Empirical Illustrations. Professional and Practice-Based Learning. Volume 33
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Goller, Michael, Ed.; Kyndt, Eva, Ed.; Paloniemi, Susanna, Ed.; Damsa, Crina, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2022
This volume provides alternatives for tackling existing empirical, methodological, and analytical challenges. It does so by providing a broad overview of less established, as well as emerging methods, which are of great relevance for current research on professional learning and development. As such, it offers a comprehensive collection of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Workplace Learning, Research Methodology, Educational Research
Researching Society and Culture. Third Edition
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Seale, Clive, Ed. – SAGE Publications Ltd (CA), 2012
Clear, coherent and trusted, this book is the perfect guide to the main social research methods in use today. The much anticipated Third Edition of Clive Seale's bestselling title further expands its coverage to provide an authoritative introduction to all of the social research methods used to analyze qualitative and quantitative data. Written by…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
Intercultural Competence: Concepts, Challenges, Evaluations. Intercultural Studies and Foreign Language Learning. Volume 10
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Witte, Arnd, Ed.; Harden, Theo, Ed. – Peter Lang Oxford, 2011
This book explores the idea of "intercultural competence", which, despite its current popularity across various discourses, has remained a vague and oscillating concept. Interculture lacks a universal definition and "competence" is not only a cognitive construct but also includes psychological traits such as attitudes,…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Interpersonal Competence, Second Language Learning, Research
Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Social Sciences and Knowledge Management
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Lopez-Varela, Asuncion, Ed. – InTech, 2012
This is a unique and groundbreaking collection of questions and answers coming from higher education institutions on diverse fields and across a wide spectrum of countries and cultures. It creates routes for further innovation, collaboration amidst the Sciences (both Natural and Social), the Humanities, and the private and public sectors of…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Knowledge Management, Research Methodology, Higher Education
Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials. Third Edition
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Denzin, Norman K., Ed.; Lincoln, Yvonna, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
This book is the third volume of the paperback versions of "The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, Third Edition." This portion of the handbook considers the tasks of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting empirical materials, and comprises the Handbook's Parts IV ("Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Empirical Materials") and V ("The Art and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Focus Groups
Mirrors for Behavior III. An Anthology of Observation Instruments.
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Simon, Anita, Ed.; Boyer, E. Gil, Ed. – 1974
The 99 observation systems described in this anthology describe measurable categories of behavior, rather than global concepts. These systems function as a meta-language--a language for describing communication. Each represents one or more of seven major categories: affective, cognitive, nonverbal, activity, content, sociological structure, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques