Partnerships in Education Research: Creating Knowledge that Matters

Partnerships in Education Research provides the epistemological and philosophical basis for engaging with partners in research and discusses many of the practical issues facing researchers such as finding the right research partner, developing partnership protocols, joint planning approaches and creating effective research relationships. The authors also consider the theoretical, ethical and socio--cultural aspects of partnership research and the potential for partnership research to have long lasting effects on educational practice.

The book draws on a diverse range of case studies to explore practical issues, methodologies, challenges, and benefits of partnership research in education.

Partnerships in Education Research offers a series of principles and models that can be applied to the development of an effective partnership research project.