The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education: Pursuing Ideas as the Keystone of Exemplary Inquiry encourages students, faculty, and educational practitioners, including individuals in Pre K-16 education, government, and the private sector who conduct applied and policy-oriented educational research, to place the pursuit of ideas at the epicenter of their research--from framing meaningful problems to identifying and addressing key challenges to the reporting and dissemination of their findings.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Engaging Ideas: The Context of Inquiry and Meaningful Problems
• Exploring the Multiple Purposes of Inquiry and Key Stakeholders
• Introductory Essay D. C. Phillips
• Muddying the Waters: The Many Purposes of Educational Inquiry - D. C. Phillips
• What Knowledge Users Want - Robert E. Floden
• Minding the Gap Between Research and Policymaking - David N. Plank, Debbi Harris
• Identifying Meaningful Problems and Approaches to Inquiry Across and Within Fields
• Introductory Essay Laura W. Perna, John C. Weidman
• All Else is Never Equal: Opportunity Lost and Found on the P-16 Path to College Access - Patricia M. McDonough, R. Evely Gildersleeve
• Studying Teacher Education Programs: Enriching and Enlarging the Inquiry - Kenneth Zeichner
• What are We Tripping On? Transgressing the Fault Lines in Research on the Preparation of Multicultural Educators - Carl A. Grant, Vonzell Agosto
• Moving Forward: Ideas for Research on School, Family, and Community Partnerships - Joyce L. Epstein, Steven B. Sheldon
• Research on Instruction and Learning in Science: Elaborating the Design Approach - Michael Ford, Ellice Ann Forman
• Learning in Science and Mathematics: The Role of Philosophy, Theory, and Methodology in Shaping our Developing Understanding - Juliet A. Baxter, Shirley J. Magnusson
• Reconceptualizing and Recentering Research in Special Education - Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell, Brian A. Bottge
• Discovering Unheard Voices: Explorations in the History of Education, Childhood, and Juvenile Justice - Steven Schlossman
• Counseling Psychology - Mary Lee Nelson, Cindy L. Juntunen
• Educational Leadership - Jane Clark Lindle
• Socialization of Students in Higher Education: Organizational Perspectives - John C. Weidman
• Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education: Building on and Extending Lines of Inquiry for the Advancement of the Public Good - Jason N. Johnson, Clifton F. Conrad, Laura W. Perna
• Comparative Education: An Approach to Educational Inquiry - David Phillips
• Enriching Inquiry Through Identifying and Addressing Key Challenges
• Challenges in Formulating and Framing Meaningful Problems
• Introductory Essay Daniel K. Lapsley
• Situating Ourselves and our Inquiry: A First-Person Account - James Youniss
• Developing and Nurturing Interesting and Researchable Ideas - Kathryn R. Wentzel
• The Challenge of Framing a Problem: What Is Your Burning Question? - Susan Harter
• Challenges in Preparing for Inquiry
• Introductory Essay Scott L. Thomas
• Light and Shadow in Research Design - John P. Bean
• Conceptualizing and Conducting Meaningful Research Studies in Education - Ronald H. Heck
• Sampling: Rationale and Rigor in Choosing What to Observe - Scott L. Thomas
• Approaching Rigor in Applied Qualitative Research - J. Douglas Toma
• Challenges in Conducting Inquiry
• Introductory Essay King D Beach, III, Betsy Jane Becker
• Windows of Possibility: Perspectives on the Construction of Educational Researchers - Anna Neumann, Aaron M. Pallas
• Constructing Data - Kadriye Ercikan, Wolff-Michael Roth
• Constructing Analyses: The Development of Thoughtfulness in Working With Quantitative Methods - Michael Seltzer, Mike Rose
• Constructing Conclusions - King D Beach, III, Betsy Jane Becker, Mary M. Kennedy
• Challenges in Writing, Voice, and Dissemination of Research
• Introductory Essay Beth Graue
• Writing in Education Research - Beth Graue
• Experimenting With Voice and Reflexivity in Social Science Texts - Elizabeth G. Creamer
• Getting the Word Out: Challenges and Opportunities in Explaining Educational Research to the World - Gerald W. Bracey
• About the Editors
• About the Section Editors
• About the Contributors