The issue of the relationship between educational research and policy making or practice has been a perennial concern. In Educational Research Martyn Hammersley deals with some basic and controversial assumptions about research and practice, including: * is there always conflict in the relationship between research and practice? * do increases in knowledge really lead to practical improvement? * is a review of research likely to be objective? * what effect does mass media involvement have in communicating the results of research? The author addresses the demands now being made on educational research against the background of the complex relationship between research and practice.
Author Biography:
Martyn Hammersley is an emeritus professor of educational and social research at The Open University, UK. He has carried out research in the sociology of education and the sociology of the media. However, much of his work has been concerned with the methodological issues surrounding social enquiry. He has written several books including (with Paul Atkinson) Ethnography: Principles in Practice (fourth edition, Routledge, 2019), The Dilemma of Qualitative Method (Routledge, 1989), The Politics of Social Research (SAGE, 1995), Reading Ethnographic Research (second edition, Longman, 1997), Taking Sides in Social Research (Routledge, 2000), Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice, (London, Paul Chapman/SAGE, 2002), Questioning Qualitative Inquiry (SAGE, 2008), Methodology Who Needs It? (SAGE, 2011), The Myth of Research-Based Policy and Practice (SAGE, 2013), The Limits of Social Science (SAGE, 2014), and The Concept of Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Website: http://martynhammersley.wordpress.com/
