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Quarterly review of distance education vol 21 issue 3
The Quarterly Review of Distance Education publishes refereed articles, research briefs, reviews, and editorials on distance education theories, research, and practices. It covers methodologies for generalizable results, guiding public and private sector practices.
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Quarterly review of distance education vol 21 issue 4
The Quarterly Review of Distance Education publishes refereed articles, research briefs, reviews, and editorials on distance education theories, research, and practices. It covers methodologies for generalizable results, guiding public and private sector practices.
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Quarterly review of distance education vol 22 issue 1
The Quarterly Review of Distance Education publishes refereed articles, research briefs, reviews, and editorials on distance education theories, research, and practices. It covers methodologies for generalizable results, guiding public and private sector practices.
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Radical interactionism and critiques of contemporary culture
Norman K. Denzin has gathered a team of leading experts to explore and showcase a variety of topics in the field of symbolic interaction.Some of the topics explored include extending dramaturgical and grounded theory, and new empirical and theoretical inquiries into fashion, journalism, stigma, p...
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Red state, blue state, rich state, poor state
On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic of a culture war that thrives on stereotypes—pickup-driving red-state Republicans who vote based on...
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Research
A short, bold, and timely history and defense of research in the humanities and sciences and its incalculable importanceIf there were a single tool that could cure disease, improve the quality of human life, send people into outer space, and uncover vital riddles from the deepest past, wouldn’t w...
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Research and evaluation for busy students and practitioners
Research doesn’t exist in a bubble but co-exists with a multitude of other tasks and commitments, yet there is more need for people to save time than ever before. Brilliantly attuned to the demands placed on researchers, this book considers how students, academics and professionals alike can sa...
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Research design in the social sciences
A state-of-the-art approach to evaluating research design for students and scholars across the social sciencesAssessing the properties of research designs before implementing them can be tricky for even the most seasoned researchers. This book provides a powerful framework—Model, Inquiry, Data St...
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Research ethics in the real world
Research ethics and integrity are growing in importance as academics face increasing pressure to win grants and publish, and universities promote themselves in the competitive HE market. Research Ethics in the Real World is the first book to highlight the links between research ethics and individ...
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Researching happiness
In the past, happiness studies has been dominated by the work of philosophers, economists and psychologists, but more recently there has been a growing interest from social scientist into the natures of happiness and wellbeing. This original collection draws on the latest empirical research to ex...
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Say it forward
A guide to give newcomers the confidence to begin their own oral history projects.
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Scouting and scoring
An in-depth look at the intersection of judgment and statistics in baseballScouting and scoring are considered fundamentally different ways of ascertaining value in baseball. Scouting seems to rely on experience and intuition, scoring on performance metrics and statistics. In Scouting and Scoring...
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Settlement sociology in progressive years
The roots of sociology as a public enterprise for social-reform are restored through early research, teaching and social advocacy.
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Seven rules for social research
Seven Rules for Social Research teaches social scientists how to get the most out of their technical skills and tools, providing a resource that fully describes the strategies and concepts no researcher or student of human behavior can do without. Glenn Firebaugh provides indispensable practical...
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Sex work by numbers
Addressing the need to inform the predominant value debates with evidence-based analyses, Sex Work by Numbers provides an overview of knowns and unknowns of sex for sale based on cutting-edge science with an economic approach.
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Social influence and the logic of collective action
An integrated quantitative framework for understanding the dynamics of collective action Collective action has been a fundamental aspect of human societies throughout history, from building irrigation systems and defenses in Neolithic times to coordinated disaster relief and scientific collaborat...
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Social research matters
From the vantage point of forty years in social research and the study of families, Julia Brannen offers an invaluable account of how research is conducted and ‘matters’ at particular times. This fascinating work covers key developments in the field that remain of vital concern to society and dem...
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Social science concepts and measurement
A fully revised edition of the classic reference on concepts and their role in social science researchSocial Science Concepts and Measurement offers an updated look at the theory and methodology of concepts for the social sciences. Emphasizing that most concepts are multilevel and multidimensiona...
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Social trends in american life
Changes in American social attitudes and behaviors since the 1970sSocial Trends in American Life assembles a team of leading researchers to provide unparalleled insight into how American social attitudes and behaviors have changed since the 1970s. Drawing on the General Social Survey—a social sci...
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Sociology in times of glocalization
This book offers a series of critical discussions of how sociology is responding to the challenges of globalization, to local counter-reactions to them, to the many ways ‘the global’ impacts our lives, and to the new questions about research this poses.
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The amte handbook of mathematics teacher education
This AMTE volume explores the future of mathematics teacher education, reflecting on research and best practices. It highlights teacher preparation across various contexts and grade levels while connecting to AMTE Standards. Featuring insights from 95 contributors, it addresses current challenges...
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The art of social theory
A practical guide to the art of theorizing in the social sciencesIn the social sciences today, students are taught theory by reading and analyzing the works of Karl Marx, Max Weber, and other foundational figures of the discipline. What they rarely learn, however, is how to actually theorize. The...
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The defeated and the dead
The Defeated and the Dead by Dr. Mark Pearcy provides strategies for social studies teachers to use war films effectively in classrooms. It emphasizes critical thinking about wars using the Just War doctrine and features films like Saving Private Ryan and Platoon to explore historical and modern ...
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The emerald guide to c. wright mills
This book offers a comprehensive guide to reading and understanding the development of Mills's sociological ideas, placing them in the context of his life and his position in American sociology.
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The entropy of capitalism
Capitalism sews chaos throughout society with crises and wars. In the twenty-first century it has begun feeding on this entropy.
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The logic of social science
A groundbreaking logic-based approach to bridging the scientific-constructivist divide in social scienceThe Logic of Social Science offers new principles for designing and conducting social science research. James Mahoney uses set-theoretic analysis to develop a fresh scientific constructivist ap...
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The princeton guide to historical research
The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first centuryThe Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental val...
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The pursuit of excellence
This book examines Kentucky State University's history from its 1886 founding to train black teachers to its 2020 status as a diverse institution offering various degree programs. It highlights the university's overcoming of challenges, inclusive community, and notable alumni contributions.
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The social, cultural and environmental costs of hyper-connectivity
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. This book investigates the profound effects 21st century digital technology is having on our individual and collective lives and seeks to confront the realities of a new dig...
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Thinking clearly with data
An engaging introduction to data science that emphasizes critical thinking over statistical techniquesAn introduction to data science or statistics shouldn’t involve proving complex theorems or memorizing obscure terms and formulas, but that is exactly what most introductory quantitative textbook...
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Time counts
How to study the past using dataQuantitative Analysis for Historical Social Science advances historical research in the social sciences by bridging the divide between qualitative and quantitative analysis. Gregory Wawro and Ira Katznelson argue for an expansion of the standard quantitative method...
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Understanding comics-based research
Understanding Comics-Based Research focuses on the contribution that comics can bring to community-based participatory research.
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Using classification and regression trees
This book introduces CART as a powerful analytical tool, using non-technical language and SPSS software. It helps readers understand and apply CART analysis, including advanced procedures. It's aimed at researchers, data analysts, and graduate students in various disciplines without strong statis...
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Using interactive digital narrative in science and health education
This book offers insight and lessons learned from two pilot studies which used interactive digital narrative (IDN) as educational interventions to effect positive change regarding social issues, looking into interdisciplinary approaches to research and education methods, combining arts and scienc...
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Voices of resistance
Voices of Resistance: Music, Femicide, and Gender Justice in Spain and Greece examines how feminist musical practices across Southern Europe confront femicide and gender-based violence through mourning, memory, and political resistance.
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What comes after lunch?
The book critiques reliance on FRPL to measure economic disadvantage in schools, advocating for refined measures of wealth and hardship. It examines CEP's impact on school finance research and proposes alternatives to FRPL. It serves scholars and students in education finance and policy.
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Working together
Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However, which research method or approach is best suited to a particular inquiry is frequently debated and discussed. Working Togeth...
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