| Education, Epistemology and Critical Realism Contributor(s): Scott, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415473497 ISBN-13: 9780415473491 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Research - Philosophy | Epistemology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 370.7 |
| LCCN: 2009033332 |
| Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.89 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |