1st Edition
Researching Education Policy, Public Policy, and Policymakers Qualitative methods and ethical issues
Part I: Policy studies and qualitative research
Chapter 1: Introduction: Studying senior policymakers and policy in education
via qualitative research methods.
Chapter 2: The case for qualitative research In education policy: rationale and examples.
Chapter 3: Designing and planning the qualitative policy study.
Part II: Methodology and study design
Chapter 4: Document analysis as a policy research tool.
Chapter 5: Open-closed-open: The promises and perils of interviews with policymakers.
Chapter 6: Observing policy: the art of policy watching.
Chapter 7: Mapping qualitative policy analysis methods: toolbox, totem, or taboo.
Chapter 8: Writing a policy report – crafting a policy story: how to turn private .knowledge into public knowledge part iii: ethics in qualitative policy studies.
Part III: Ethics
Chapter 9: An ethical paradigm for studying education policy and people of status and power: mapping the terrain.
Chapter 10: Building trust: abusing trust? The art of confidentiality, intellectual validity, and informed consent.
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References
Index
Biography
Dan Gibton is Tenured Associate Professor at the Constantiner School of Education at Tel-Aviv University, Adjunct Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, and visiting Professor at the UCL Institute of Education, where he was also a research fellow in 2000, 2005, 2011, and 2015.
