This book addresses fundamental questions in relation to education and its epistemology. The position taken by the author is critical realist; and thus throughout the relationship between education and critical realism is foregrounded. Themes and issues that surface at different times in the book are: a critical realist view of education research; a resolution of the quantitative/qualitative divide; criteria for judging the worth of educational texts and practices; differences between scientific and critical realisms; empirical research methods in education; structure-agency relationships;…mehr
This book addresses fundamental questions in relation to education and its epistemology. The position taken by the author is critical realist; and thus throughout the relationship between education and critical realism is foregrounded. Themes and issues that surface at different times in the book are: a critical realist view of education research; a resolution of the quantitative/qualitative divide; criteria for judging the worth of educational texts and practices; differences between scientific and critical realisms; empirical research methods in education; structure-agency relationships; pragmatist views of educational research; foundations and paradigmatic differences; and educational critique and transformation.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David Scott is a Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the Institute of Education, University of London. His most recent books are The European School System (coauthored with S. Leaton-Gray and P. Mehisto; Macmillan Palgrave, 2017); Equalities and Inequalities in the English Education System (coauthored with B. Scott; University College London Institute of Education Press, 2017); The Mexican Education System (coauthored with C. Posner, C. Martin, and E. Guzman; University College London Press, 2017); Education Systems and Learners: Knowledge and Knowers (Macmillan Palgrave, 2016); Policy Transfer and Educational Change (coauthored with C. Husbands, R. Slee, R. Wilkins, and M. Terano; SAGE, 2015); Roy Bhaskar: A Theory of Education (Springer International, 2015); New Perspectives on Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Springer International, 2015); and SAGE Handbook on Learning (coauthored with E. Hargreaves; SAGE, 2015).
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@contents: 1. Introduction and Initial Thoughts 2. Critical Realism and Empirical Research Methods in Education 3. Resolving the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide 4. Epistemic Relativism, Ontological Realism, and the Possibility of Judgemental Rationality 5. Educational Judgements: Epistemic, Parasitic and External Criteria 6. Judgemental Rationality 7. Empirical Indicators and Causal Narratives 8. Structure and Agency - Key Ontological Concepts 9. Educational Critique 10. Arbitrary and Non-Arbitrary Knowledge