RSP: What is educational research?

[Jane Seale]

Useful Journal Articles: 

Burkhardt, H & Schoenfield, A.H (2003) Improving Educational Research:Toward a More Useful, More Influential, and Better-Funded Enterprise, Educational Researcher, Vol. 32, No. 9, pp. 3–14 Click here (pdf)

Mortimore, P (2000) Does Educational Research Matter. British Educational Research Journal, 26,1,5-20.  Click here (requires Athens password)

Murray, Elizabeth (2002) Challenges in educational research. Medical Education  36 (2), 110-112. Click here  (requires Athens password)  

Pallas, A.M (2001) Preparing Education Doctoral Students for Epistemological Diversity. Educational Researcher, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 6–11. Click here  (pdf)