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Closing Methodological Divides
Dr. Kenneth R. Howe
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Description for Closing Methodological Divides
Paperback. The interpretivist methodological framework made its appearance in educational research in the late 1970s. This book examines the issues involved, and sets out the compatibilist perspective within which it analyzes the interpretive turn, constructivist epistemology, research bias and ethics. Series: Philosophy and Education. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 272.
The issues I treat in this book—qualitative versus quantitative methods, facts versus values, science versus politics, subjectivity versus objectivity, postm- ernism versus pragmatism, to name a few—are at the core of a lively, sometimes divisive, conversation that has been unfolding in the theory and practice of e- cational research for some time. These issues fall squarely within the province of philosophy, and thus philosophical investigation has an especially useful contribution to make. But these issues are by no means the exclusive province of philosophy; they are ones in which a diverse group of educational theorists have had a keen interest ... Read more
The issues I treat in this book—qualitative versus quantitative methods, facts versus values, science versus politics, subjectivity versus objectivity, postm- ernism versus pragmatism, to name a few—are at the core of a lively, sometimes divisive, conversation that has been unfolding in the theory and practice of e- cational research for some time. These issues fall squarely within the province of philosophy, and thus philosophical investigation has an especially useful contribution to make. But these issues are by no means the exclusive province of philosophy; they are ones in which a diverse group of educational theorists have had a keen interest ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and Education
Number of Pages
157
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402012266
SKU
V9781402012266
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