The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education: Engaging Ideas and Enriching Inquiry Book

Sect. 1	Exploring the multiple purposes of inquiry and key stakeholders	3
	Introductory essay	3
1	Muddying the waters : the many purposes of educational inquiry	7
2	What knowledge users want	23
3	Minding the gap between research and policymaking	37
Sect. 2	Identifying meaningful problems and approaches to inquiry across and within fields	53
	Introductory essay	53
4	All else is never equal : opportunity lost and found on the P-16 path to college access	59
5	Studying teacher education programs : enriching and enlarging the inquiry	79
6	What are we tripping on? : transgressing the fault lines in research on the preparation of multicultural educators	95
7	Moving forward : ideas for research on school, family, and community partnerships	117
8	Research on instruction and learning in science : elaborating the design approach	139
9	Learning in science and mathematics : the role of philosophy, theory, and methodology in shaping our developing understanding	157
10	Reconceptualizing and recentering research in special education	175
11	Discovering unheard voices : explorations in the history of education, childhood, and juvenile justice	197
12	Counseling psychology	219
13	Educational leadership	237
14	Socialization of students in higher education : organizational perspectives	253
15	Minority-serving institutions of higher education : building on and extending lines of inquiry for the advancement of the public good	263
16	Comparative education : an approach to educational inquiry	279
Sect. 3	Challenges in formulating and framing meaningful problems	297
	Introductory essay	297
17	Situating ourselves and our inquiry : a first-person account	303
18	Developing and nurturing interesting and researchable ideas	315
19	The challenge of framing a problem : what is your burning question?	331
Sect. 4	Challenges in preparing for inquiry	349
	Introductory essay	349
20	Light and shadow in research design	353
21	Conceptualizing and conducting meaningful research studies in education	373
22	Sampling : rationale and rigor in choosing what to observe	393
23	Approaching rigor in applied qualitative research	405
Sect. 5	Challenges in conducting inquiry	425
	Introductory essay	425
24	Windows of possibility : perspectives on the construction of educational researchers	429
25	Constructing data	451
26	Constructing analyses : the development of thoughtfulness in working with quantitative methods	477
27	Constructing conclusions	493
Sect. 6	Challenges in writing, voice, and dissemination of research	511
	Introductory essay	511
28	Writing in education research	515
29	Experimenting with voice and reflexivity in social science texts	529
30	Getting the word out : challenges and opportunities in explaining educational research to the world	543