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April 18, 2006
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Professor Judith L. Green at UCSB’s Gevirtz School
co-edits the state-of-the-art Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research

Summary Facts:

This essential book brings together the breadth and depth of traditions that researchers can use to explore a range of crucial issues facing education
Prof. Green is just one of 11 Gevirtz School faculty and doctoral students to work on this important and rich resource for educators and policy makers

Professor Judith L. Green of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UCSB – along with Greg Camilli of Rutgers University and Patricia B. Elmore of Southern Illinois University – has co-edited the state-of-the-art Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006). Destined to become a touchstone work for scholars, graduate students and policy makers, this wide-ranging collection will provide the methods and tools to explore pressing educational issues – from face-to-face interactions between teachers and students to classroom processes, from curriculum decisions to policy studies.

As the title suggests, a central mission of this book is to explore the compatibility of different research methods in an attempt to discover what methods can be brought together productively and for what purposes. The volume is also unique in that it brings to the fore the foundation of education research: philosophic traditions, debates about what counts as knowledge, and ethics and human subject issues that make research responsible and principled.

The heart of the book is 35 chapters on research design and analysis; each includes a historical overview of a particular research tradition (such as ethnography, historical research, video analysis, and hierarchical linear modeling), examines the questions addressed, and presents an example of how the approach can be used.

Of the more than 180 authors and developmental reviewers who contributed to this important work, many are part of the Gevirtz School. Chapter authors include Charles Bazerman, Hsiu-Zu Ho, Stacy L. O’Farrell, Sukkyung You and Betsy Brenner; chapter reviewers include Richard Durán, Carol Dixon, Lorraine McDonnell and John Yun; and assistant editors for the book are doctoral students Audra Skukauskaite and Elizabeth Grace.

[Professor Green is available for interviews; to arrange an interview, contact George Yatchisin at 805 893 5789]

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