1 A Case for Practitioner Research 1 Yvonne Hillier and Anne Thompson 2 Researching Workplace Basic Skills Policy in the United Kingdom: Towards a Comprehensive Model of Research Methodologies --
Ways, and Means, to an End 17 Fiona Frank 3 Research Journeys: Collaborative Qualitative Research into Learners' Views on Progress and Achievement in Literacy and Numeracy 39 Jane Ward 4 My Time: Widening and Increasing Participation of Hard-to-Reach Learners through Provision at the Interface of Education and Primary Health Care 54 Michael Lilley, Emma Twigg and Maggie Keane 5 Destination Drop-out? Learners' Perspectives on the Long- Term Impact of Drop-out from Full-Time Education 74 Helen Kenwright 6 Beyond Common Sense to a Common Sense 89 Christine Tyler 7 Modelling the Muddle: Making Sense through Research 109 Ann R. J. Briggs 8 Action Research: A Model for Improvement? 126 Sue Cousin 9 Formulating 'Facts' about Flexibility in Further Education 148 Roger Harrison, Julia Clarke and Mahnaz Marashi 10 Insider to Outsider: A Personal Research Journey 161 Ros Clow 11 The Potential for Realism as a Best Methodological Option: or, What Works Best and for Whom? 172 Norman Crowther 12 Attitude Measurement to Bridge the Post-16 Gap 189 Glen Williams, Bob Whittome and Phil Watts Appendix: The Process of Making Awards 212 Peter Davies and Leo Salter.