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Research design: necessary bricolage

Fincher, Sally and Tenenberg, Josh and Robins, Anthony (2011) Research design: necessary bricolage. In: Proceedings of the seventh international workshop on Computing education research. International Computing Education Research Workshop . ACM, New York, USA, pp. 27-32. ISBN 978-1-4503-0829-8. (doi:10.1145/2016911.2016919) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:30739)

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Abstract

In this paper we suggest that in order to advance, the field of computer science education needs to craft its own research methods, to augment the borrowing of "traditional" methods such as semi-structured interviews and surveys from other research traditions. Two example instruments used in our recent research are discussed. We adopt the metaphor of "bricolage" to characterise not only what researchers do, but to argue that this may be a necessary step towards developing theory.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1145/2016911.2016919
Uncontrolled keywords: computing education
Subjects: L Education
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Funders: [UNSPECIFIED] ACM
Depositing User: Sally Fincher
Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2012 09:49 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:08 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/30739 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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