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Educational research is widely believed to be essentially empirical, consisting of research techniques such as statistics, interviewing, or randomised control trials. This book argues that good research in education needs the rigorous thinking characteristic of philosophy, and that philosophical treatments themselves sometimes constitute such research.

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Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107401615
ISBN-13
9781107401617
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Author
Richard Smith, Paul Smeyers
Publication Name
Understanding Education and Educational Research
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
227 Pages

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8.9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz

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Lb1028.S528 2014
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"Smeyers and Smith have produced a coherent collection of papers that provide a healthy antidote to many of the cliche ridden discourses that are increasingly dominating the theory and practices of educational research - the inappropriate and uncritical aping of scientific method as a vehicle for educational inquiry and the assumption that only this will contribute to rigorous educational inquiry ('scientism'); the insistence on quantifying the unquantifiable ('metricophilia' is the new perversion) and the marginalising of modes of understanding, discernment and appreciation rooted in literature, history, social anthropology and philosophy. The critique of educational research is not directed against its uselessness but against its failure to grasp the stuff of humanity that it is dealing with and to acknowledge the sources that have a continuing capacity to illuminate this experience. It is an antidote that should be taken preventatively by all students and, if it is not too late, as curative medicine by all those that are teaching them 'research methods'." David Bridges, Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia; and Director of Research, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, "Smeyers and Smith have produced a coherent collection of papers that provide a healthy antidote to many of the cliche ridden discourses that are increasingly dominating the theory and practices of educational research - the inappropriate and uncritical aping of scientific method as a vehicle for educational inquiry and the assumption that only this will contribute to rigorous educational inquiry ('scientism'); the insistence on quantifying the unquantifiable ('metricophilia' is the new perversion) and the marginalising of modes of understanding, discernment and appreciation rooted in literature, history, social anthropology and philosophy. The critique of educational research is not directed against its uselessness but against its failure to grasp the stuff of humanity that it is dealing with and to acknowledge the sources that have a continuing capacity to illuminate this experience. It is an antidote that should be taken preventatively by all students and, if it is not too late, as curative medicine by all those that are teaching them 'research methods'." David Bridges, Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia; and Director of Research, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education those that are teaching them 'research methods'." David Bridges, Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia; and Director of Research, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education those that are teaching them 'research methods'." David Bridges, Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia; and Director of Research, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education those that are teaching them 'research methods'." David Bridges, Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia; and Director of Research, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
Table of Content
Introduction; 1. Education and its research; 2. The nature of social science; 3. The idea of method; 4. The nature of philosophy; 5. The art of research; 6. Language, truth, and meaning; 7. On the dominant nature of educational research and its shortcomings; 8. Research, policy and practical reasoning; 9. The limits of measurement; 10. Parenting and government intervention in the family (case study I); 11. Researching happiness and well-being (case study II); 12. Philosophy and research.
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
General, Research, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Lccn
2014-032040
Dewey Decimal
370.72
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Education, Psychology

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