Continuum Research Methods: Researching Post-Compulsory Education

Practitioners in the further education sector need to develop confidence in their own research practices and establish recognition within higher education of practitioner research in further education. This practical guide will enable them to do this effectively.

Coverage includes:
- Overview of small-scale research evaluation of change management
- Principle One: Read up on Change Processes and Impact of Research
- Principle Two: Determine you Audience and Purpose
- Principle Three: Focus your Question
- Principle Four: Get the Method and Timing Right
- Principle Five: Be Sensitive to the ethics and politics of data collection
- Principle Six: Be Critical in writing and disseminating your findings
- Principle Seven: Evaluate the impact of your change management research