CONTENTS Acknowledgements x Contributor biographies xi Foreword xvii Introduction xix Part I: Reading, Reviewing and Reflecting Introduction 1 1Research in the Social Sciences 2 Bridge! Somekh, Erica Barman, Sara Del/wont, Julienne Meyer, Malcolm Payne and Richard T/Jorpe 2 Working with Literatures 16 Barbara Kamkr and Pat Thomson 3Ethical Issues in Generating Public Knowledge 25 Heather Piper and Helen Simonx Part II: Listening, Exploring the Case and Theorizing Introduction 33 4 Ethnography 34 Jo Frankham and Christina MacRan 5Research Diaries 43 Mary Ionise Holly and Herbert Altrichter 6Case Study .53 Charlotte Chadderton and Harry Torrance 1Interviewing and Focus Groups 61 Rosaline S. Barbnur and John Schostak Part III; Addressing Issues of Power and Researching for Impact Introduction 69 8Feminist Methodologies 70 Diane Burns and Khatidja Chanlkr 9Critical Race Theory and Its Use in Social Science Research 78 Parker and Lorna Roberts 10Queer Theory/Lesbian and Gay Approaches86 Gloria Filax, Dennis Samara, Brent Davis and Debra Shogan 11 Action Research 94 Susan Nujfke and Bridget Somekh 12The Purpose, Practice and Politics of Sponsored F.valuations 102 Tineke Abma and Thomas A. Schwandt Part IV: Observing, Querying, Interpreting Introduction111 13Grounded Theory 113 Juliet Corb'm and Nicholas L. Holt 14Understanding Phenomenology through Reverse Perspectives121 Angle Titcben and Dawn Ilobson 15Observation 131 ones and Bridget Somekh 16 Discourse Analysis 139 Alison Iee and Alan Petersen 17Researching Online Practices 147 C'olin Lankshear, Kevin M. Leandtr and Michule Knobel Part V: Identity, Community and Representation Introduction 155 18Life History and Narrative Methods 157 Scherto Gill and Ivor Goodson 19Social Semiotics and Multimodal Tests 166 Diane Movers and Gunther Kress 20Communities of Practice 174 21 Activity Theory .182 Ines Langnmeyer and Marten Nissen 22 Researching Policy190 Jill Blackjnarn and laugh Lauder Part VI: Quantitative Methods: Theories and Perspectives Introduction 199 23The Practice of Quantitative Methods . 201 Kelvyn Jones 24The PositivisT Paradigm in Contemporary Social Research: The Interface of Psychology, Method and Sociocultural Theory 212 Charles Crook and Dean Garratt 25Understanding and Describing Quantitative Data Calby Lewn 26 Differences and Relation ships in Quantitative Data Salty Barries and Calby Lewin 21 An Introduction to Statistical Modelling Kflvyn Jones Part VII: Quantitative Methods in Action Introduction 257 28 Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Inquiry 259 Jennifer C. Greene, Holly Kreider and Hlkn Mayer 29 Random Reflections on Modelling, Geography and Voting 267 Keltyn Jones 30 Methodological Issues in International Comparative Assessments of Educational Progress 271 W.J. Pelgrum 31Evaluating Literacy Advance in the Early Years of School 276 John Ainley 32Working Backwards: The Road Less Travelled in Quantitative Methodology 280 Brian Part VIII: Researching in Postmodern Contexts Introduction 285 33Deconstruction as .a Method of Research 286 Erica Kurnian and Maggie MacLure 34From Hcrmcneutics to Post-Structuralism to Psychoanalysis 295 Tony Brown and Daniel Heggs 35From Stmcruralism to Post-Structuralism 304 IM Miller, Joanne and Ian Stronach 36 Feminism/Post-Structuralism 312 Bronuyn Davies and Susanne Gannon Glossary320 Index 332