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Virtual reality methods: a guide for researchers in the social sciences and h…
Since the mid-2010s, virtual reality (VR) technology has advanced rapidly. This book explores the many opportunities that VR can offer for humanities and social sciences researchers. The book provides a user-friendly, non-technical methods guide to using ready-made VR content and 360° video as well as creating custom materials. It examines the advantages and disadvantages of different approach…
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- 9781447360773
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- vii, 159p : ill.
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- 001.30721 PHI v
The freedom of scientific research
Never have the scope and limits of scientific freedom been more important or more under attack. New science, from artificial intelligence to genomic manipulation, creates unique opportunities to make the world a better place. But it also presents unprecedented dangers, which many believe threaten the survival of humanity and the planet. This collection, by an international and multidisciplinary…
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- 9781526146472
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- xxvi, 261p : ill
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- 001.42 FRE f
Doing research: a new researcher’s guide
This book is about scientific inquiry. Designed for early and mid-career researchers, it is a practical manual for conducting and communicating high-quality research in (mathematics) education. Based on the authors’ extensive experience as researchers, as mentors, and as members of the editorial team for the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education (JRME), this book directly speaks to re…
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- 978-3-031-19078-0
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- xvii, 136p.
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- Research in Mathematics Education
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- 510.72 DOI
The Case for Case Studies : Methods and Applications in International Develop…
This book seeks to narrow two gaps: first, between the widespread use of case studies and their frequently 'loose' methodological moorings; and second, between the scholarly community advancing methodological frontiers in case study research and the users of case studies in development policy and practice. It draws on the contributors' collective experience at this nexus, but the underlying iss…
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- 9781108688253
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- xiii, 330 p
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- 300.72 CAS J
Mobile Research Methods : Opportunities and challenges of mobile research met…
Daily activity sees data constantly flowing through cameras, the internet, satellites, radio frequencies, sensors, private appliances, cars, smartphones, tablets and the like. Among all the tools currently used, mobile devices, especially mobile phones, smartphones and tablets, are the most widespread, with their use becoming prevalent in everyday life within both developed and developing count…
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- 9781909188549
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- 166p.
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- 302.231072 PAB m
Doing human service ethnography
"EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Human service work is performed in many places – hospitals, shelters, households – and is characterised by a complex mixture of organising principles, relations and rules. Using ethnographic methods, researchers can investigate these site-specific complexities, providing multi-dimensional and compelling analyses. Bringing toget…
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- 9781447355809
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- 242p. ; ill.
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- 305.8 KAT d
Scale : discourse and dimensions of social life
"Wherever we turn, we see diverse things scaled for us, from cities to economies, from history to love. We know scale by many names and through many familiar antinomies: local and global, micro and macro events. Even the most critical among us often proceed with our analysis as if such scales were the ready-made platforms of social life, rather than asking how, why, and to what effect are scala…
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- 15
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- 9780520965430
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- xi, 277 p. : ill.
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- 300.72 LEM s
What is inclusive research?
This pioneering text presents cutting-edge readings of the social sciences through the lens of inclusive research.
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- 9781849668149
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- 128 p.; 23 cm.
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- 371.90721 NIN w
Dealing with Expectations and Traditions in Research
"When considering societal expectations and traditions in research, assumptions are often an integral aspect – particularly in the disciplines pertaining to organization studies. The objective of this anthology is to analyze, clarify and demystify assumptions about research and the way that organizations work. The book is interdisciplinary in its form and content. The chapters are in part …
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- 9788202400897
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- ii, 151p.: ill
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- 001.42 GAR d
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