Morwenna Griffiths is Professor of Educational Research at Nottingham Trent University, and previously taught at Nottingham University, Oxford Brookes University, Christ Church College, Canterbury, and Isfahan University. She has carried out a range of educational research including classroom-based action research, large-scale surveys, philosophical analysis, and qualitative evaluations. Her current interests lie particularly in social justice, gender and educational research. She is the author Feminisms and the Self: The Web of Identity; Self-identity, Self-esteem, and Social Justice; and co-author (with Carol Davies) of In Fairness to Children: Working for Social Justice in the Primary School. She has also edited (with Barry Troyna) Anti-racism, Culture and Social Justice in Education, and with Margaret Whitford, Women Review Philosophy: New Writing by Women in Philosophy and Feminist Perspectives in Philosophy.

• Part one: Introduction and contextTaking sides, getting changeResearch for social justice?some examplesPart two: Theoretical frameworks for practical purposesTruths and methodsFacts and valuespower/knowledgeLiving with uncertainty in educational researchEducational research for social justicea frameworkPart three: Practical possibilitiesGetting startedthe research processGetting justiceempowerment and voiceBetter knowledgeEducational research at largeAppendixReferencesIndex.

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