Counseling and Educational Research

Evaluation and Application

Rick A. Houser (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2014 | 3rd Revised edition
SAGE Publications Inc (Verlag)
9781452277028 (ISBN)

Infos

Filling a special niche for courses in counselling and educational research, this book shows students how to be good consumers of research and teaching practitioners how to conduct research in practice. It uses concrete examples from the professional literature to demonstrate how to effectively evaluate and interpret research articles.

Autor

Rick Houser is Professor Emeritus Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology & Counseling, College of Education at The University of Alabama. He was Professor and Department Head in Educational Studies in Psychology (over 7 years at Department Head), Research Methodology, and Counseling at The University of Alabama. He has been Associate Dean in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Also, he was a professor and department chair for several years at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Rick Houser has taught graduate-level research courses for more than 30 years. He received his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh in rehabilitation counseling with a minor in research methodology. He conducts research in ethical decision making, stress and coping, educational neuroscience, and neuroscience and counseling.

Inhalt

Foreword, by Varda Konstam
Preface
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH PROCESS
1. Science and the Research Process
2. Searching Articles in Professional Journals and Online Databases
3. Basics of Statistical Methods
4. Quantitative Research and Research Designs
5. Qualitative Research Methods
6. Basics of Qualitative Research Data Analysis
7. Mixed Methods Research
8. Single-Case and Single-Subject Research Designs
9. Evidence-Based Research Methods
10. Ethics and Research
SECTION II: EVALUATING ARTICLES IN THE PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE
11. Evaluating the Literature Review
12. Evaluating the Purpose Statement and Hypotheses
13. Evaluating the Methods Section: Sampling Methods
14. Evaluating the Methods Section: Procedures
15. Evaluating the Methods Section: Instruments
16. Evaluating the Results Section
17. Evaluating the Discussion Section
SECTION III: APPLICATION OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
18. Developing a Research Proposal and Conducting Research in Practice
19. Development and Application of Program Evaluation Research
20. The Use of Technology in Research
21. Current and Future Issues in Counseling and Educational Research
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 187 x 231 mm
• Gewicht: 600 g
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-13: 9781452277028 / 9781452277028
• Zustand: Neuware