Attribution

Educational research: Abridged [https://educationalresearch.pressbooks.tru.ca/], by Alana Hoare and Jeisil Aguilar Santos is adapted from Graduate research methods in Education (Leadership) by Dan Laitsch, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Graduate research methods in Education (Leadership) by Dan Laitsch  was adapted from Graduate research methods in social work: A project based approach by Matt DeCarlo, Cory Cummings, and Kate Agnelli and distributed by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Adaptations

The purpose of this abridged version is to offer a condensed textbook for busy undergraduate and graduate students. The following changes are by Alana Hoare and Jeisil Aguilar Santos and licensed under a  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence:

• Simplified and condensed language to make the textbook more concise without losing essential meaning.
• Eliminated redundant and supplementary material while ensuring that the abridged version remains coherent and comprehensive despite these omissions.
• Reorganized chapters and content to ensure that the flow of information in the abridged version maintains a clear instructional path.
• Added content and learning activities related to the literature review, including:
  • determining and defining a research topic and context;
  • searching the literature;
  • organizing and theming the literature; and,
  • writing the literature review.
• Added content and learning activities related to knowledge mobilization, including:
  • how to publish in an academic journal; and,
  • inclusive design principles for developing a conference poster.
• Adapted some of the language to be more inclusive of decolonial research methodologies, shifting the emphasis from the scientific method and creating space for (un)traditional scholarly study informed by (non)traditional research in education done in partnership or in community.

Copyright license

Educational research: Abridged is an adaptation created by Alana Hoare and Jeisil Aguilar Santos. Unless otherwise noted, this textbook and all of the associated resources are © 2024 and licensed under the same license as the original textbook, a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

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Suggested attribution

For creators who wish to adapt the content in this textbook, please use the following attribution:

Hoare, A. & Aguilar Santos, J. (2024). Educational research: Abridged. Thompson Rivers University. https://educationalresearch.pressbooks.tru.ca/. Adapted from: DeCarlo, M., Cummings, C., Agnelli, K., & Laitsch, D. (2022, June 28). Graduate research methods in education (leadership): A project-based approach (Version 2.12.14.17-19.22). BCcampus. https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/dlaitsch/

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