Doing Work Based Research : Approaches to Enquiry for Insider-Researchers

With the growth of work based learning and practitioner research this book leads the way by addressing key issues faced by 'insider-researchers' - learners, practitioners and managers doing research projects in the organizations and communities in which they themselves work, or where they are already familiar with the setting.The authors explore the implications of these research contexts, and discuss approaches and methodologies that work based researchers might adopt, with a particular focus on ethics - one of the key concerns for those undertaking a research project of this type.This book is an authoritative and readable guide to the theory and practice of work based research. It is for anyone undertaking a research project based on work practice, including learners on postgraduate, undergraduate and doctoral programmes. Practitioners, managers and participants in work based courses or modules in education, healthcare and business management, will find it particularly useful.

Carol Costley is Professor of Work Based Learning and Head of the Work Based Learning research centre at Middlesex University. Geoffrey Elliott is Professor of Lifelong Learning and Director of Regional Engagement at the University of Worcester. Paul Gibbs is Professor of Work Based Education at Middlesex University and also Academic Director for work based programmes in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean.