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O' Keeffe, Suzanne; Skerritt, Craig – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2021
This paper explores poststructural tools as a particularly helpful ontological stance in advancing the concerns of marginalized groups in educational research. Although largely academic in nature, poststructuralism has had real and tangible effects as it interrogates everyday binaries, categories and hierarchies that oppress so many. This paper…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Postmodernism, Teaching Experience, Neoliberalism
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Kyriakides, Leonidas; Charalambous, Evi – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2020
This paper refers to whole school interventions aiming to promote student learning outcomes through improving the functioning of school factors. Evaluation studies of these interventions mainly measure their impact on student learning outcomes. This paper argues for the importance of studying the mechanisms of whole school interventions through…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Structural Equation Models, Intervention, Educational Improvement
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Brown, Gavin T. L.; Harris, Lois R.; O'Quin, Chrissie; Lane, Kenneth E. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2017
Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) allows researchers to determine whether a research inventory elicits similar response patterns across samples. If statistical equivalence in responding is found, then scale score comparisons become possible and samples can be said to be from the same population. This paper illustrates the use of…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
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Owen, Nathaniel; Fox, Alison; Bird, Terese – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2016
This paper documents the creation, implementation and analysis of a survey instrument designed to reveal patterns of use and attitudes towards the value of social media by UK teachers. The study was motivated to discover which teachers use social media professionally, how they use it (both personally and professionally) and attitudes to social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Surveys, Social Media, Teacher Attitudes
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Vesterinen, Olli; Toom, Auli; Patrikainen, Sanna – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2010
This article reports methodological aspects of a research study on the reasoning of teachers. The aim is to describe and evaluate the use of the stimulated recall method (STR) when information and communication technologies (ICTs) are involved in terms of educational settings and therefore in the research setting as well. First, we introduce the…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Class Activities, Research Methodology, Teacher Attitudes
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Garcia-Horta, Jose Baltazar; Guerra-Ramos, Maria Teresa – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2009
The use of qualitative analysis software has become extremely popular over the recent years; educational researchers now have a range of tools at their disposal, from the ubiquitous word processor to more specialized computer packages. This paper deals with the use of CAQDAS (computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software) in educational…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Computer Software