Previous ed., 2001

PART 1: THE NATURE OF RESEARCH: Research as a tool / Sharne A. Rolfe and Glenda Mac Naughton -- The research process / Glenda Mac Naughton and Sharne A. Rolfe -- Paradigms, methods and knowledge / Patrick Hughes -- Doing research as a beginning researcher / Audrey D'Souza Juma -- Ethics in early childhood research / Margaret Coady -- Indigenous research / Karen Martin. PART II: ANALYSIS AND DESIGN: Design issues / Alan Hayes -- Quantitative designs and statistical analysis / Linda Harrison -- Qualitative designs and analysis / Anne Edwards -- Equity issues in research and design / Susan Grieshaber -- Mixed-methods design / Iram Siraj-Blatchford -- Designing to scale: when size matters / Mindy Blaise. PART III: THE RESEARCH PROCESS IN ACTION: Surveys and qustionaires: an evaluative case study / John Siraj-Blatchford -- Interviewing young children / Maria Assunçāo Folque -- Interviewing adults in an indigenous community / Sue Atkinson-Lopez -- An ethnographic approach to researching young children's learning / Iram Suraj-Blatchford -- Action research / Louise Taylor -- Direct Observation / Sharne A. Rolfe and Sue Emmett -- Case study / Teresa Vasconcelos -- Quasi-experimental research / Liane Brown