01769    a2200145   4500020001800000082001800018100001800036100002100054245004800075260003800123300001400161504003500175520136100210650005201571  a9781474242882  a370.72bTHO-P  aThomson, Pat   aHall, Christine   aPlace-based methods for researching schools  bBloomsbury Academicc2017aLondon  axv, 276 p  aInclude Bibliography and Index  aschools are complex institutions. They do not easily reveal themselves to researchers who rely on only one or two methods. Understanding a school, its neighbourhood and its students requires a researcher with a more complex repertoire of verbal, statistical and visual research strategies. Place-Based Research Methods in Schools surveys multiple research tools rather than dealing with them separately. Taking a novel theoretical approach to the school as a 'place', the book offers grounded illustrations of schools as places from real case study and ethnographic research conducted in both Australia and the UK. A practical guide, this book explores the on-the-ground questions researchers are likely to face in the order they are likely to face them. The chapters not only look at data generation approaches but also address the analysis of the data and writing about the school, topics that are often ignored. Methods explored for use include those drawn from urban planning and geography to explore neighbourhoods, visual surveys, mapping, classroom observation, ethnographic observation, interviews, focus groups, sociograms and linguistic corpora. Including research tips from the authors, boxed case studies, a glossary and annotated further reading list, this book is essential reading for students and scholars approaching their research project  aEducationvSocial aspectszResearch Methodology