Evaluating and Valuing in Social Research Larry E. Sullivan this first biography of the

this first biography of the band covers their extensive career in-depth

sustained and integral part of the whole-school approach: an approach which starts with the school vision and positions parents and schools equally as fundamental to student learning

Born in Lancashire in 1958

By laying bare the dangers of uncritical acceptance of such claims

each chapter features: ‘Research Zones highlighting particular pieces of research with a supplementary insight into the area being explored

Evaluating and Valuing in Social Research Larry E. Sullivan this first biography of theMuch applied research takes place as if complex social problems and evaluations of interventions to address them can be dealt with in a purely technical way. In contrast, this groundbreaking book offers an alternative approach that incorporates sustained, systematic reflection about researchers' values, what values research promotes, how decisions about what to value are made and by whom, and how judging the value of social interventions takes place.