Covering a broad range of methodological approaches and research techniques tends to be
a dominant writing model among many introductory publications of educational research.
Research Methods and Methodologies in Education is not an exception. Even so, this book
can still be counted as an essential textbook for all educational postgraduate research
training courses. It seeks to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of theoretical
and practical knowledge in educational research. Structurally, it comprises forty-six chapters
contributed by authoritative academics in the field of educational studies from all over the
world. Each chapter contains a section of ‘Questions for further investigation’, which lecturers
can use as a classroom activity to develop students’ critical evaluation of some key research
issues. In addition, the language is very accessible to the reader and the majority of the
chapters are no more than eight pages. However, the brevity of the chapters means that this
book is unlikely to cover all key research issues in sufficient depth for some readers.
Therefore, considering the depth of doctoral research projects, its use may be limited to an
introduction to the various methods.