Researching Post-Compulsory Education

Jill Jameson is Director of Research and Enterprise and Reader in Education Research at the School of Education, University of Greenwich, UK. Yvonne Hillier is Professor of Education at Brighton University, UK.

• Overview of small-scale research evaluation of change management; Principle One - Read up on Change Processes and Impact of Research; Principle Two - Determine your Audience and Purpose; Principle Three - Focus your Question; Principle Four - Get the Method and Timing Right; Principle Five - Be Sensitive to the ethics and politics of data collection; Principle Six - Be Critical in writing and disseminating your findings; Principle Seven - Evaluate the impact of your change management research.