Documentary Research in Education, History, and the Social Sciences

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Psychology Press, 2004 - Education - 148 pages

Documentary sources have become increasingly neglected in education and the social sciences. This book seeks to emphasise their potential value and importance for an understanding of modern societies, while also recognising their limitations, and explores their relationship with other research strategies.
This up-to-date examination of how to research and use documents analyzes texts from the past and present, considering sources ranging from personal archives to online documents and including books, reports, official documents, works of fiction and printed media.
This comprehensive analysis of the use of documents in research includes sections covering:
* analysing documents
* legal frameworks and ethical issues
* records and archives
* printed media and literature
* diaries, letters and autobiographies.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Social Research and Documentary Studies
11
Doing Documentary Research
29
Records and Archives
51
Printed Media and Literature
74
Diaries Letters and Autobiographies
101
Connections and Conclusions
128
Copyright

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Gary Mcculloch
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Gary Mcculloch
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Gary McCulloch
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About the author (2004)

Gary McCulloch is Brian Simon Professor of History of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Bibliographic information

TitleDocumentary Research in Education, History, and the Social Sciences
Volume 22 of Social research and educational studies series
AuthorGary McCulloch
Editionreprint, revised
PublisherPsychology Press, 2004
ISBN0415272866, 9780415272865
Length148 pages
Subjects › 

Education / General
Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Education / Research
History / General
History / Historiography
Social Science / Methodology
Social Science / Research
  
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