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Critical Perspectives on the Organization and Improvement of Schooling
. Ed(S): Sirotnik, Kenneth A.; Oakes, Jeannie
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Paperback. Editor(s): Sirotnik, Kenneth A.; Oakes, Jeannie. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 427.
Major "paradigm shifts"-replacing one "world view" with another regarding what constitutes appropriate knowledge do not happen over night. Centuries usually intervene in the process. Even minor shifts admitting alternative world views into the domain of legitimate knowledge producing theory and practice-require decades of controversy, especially, it seems to us, in the field of education. It has only been in the last 20 years or so that the educational research community has begun to accept the "scientific" credibility of the qualitative approaches to inquiry such as participant observation, case study, ethnogra phy, and the like. In fact, these methods, with their ... Read more
Major "paradigm shifts"-replacing one "world view" with another regarding what constitutes appropriate knowledge do not happen over night. Centuries usually intervene in the process. Even minor shifts admitting alternative world views into the domain of legitimate knowledge producing theory and practice-require decades of controversy, especially, it seems to us, in the field of education. It has only been in the last 20 years or so that the educational research community has begun to accept the "scientific" credibility of the qualitative approaches to inquiry such as participant observation, case study, ethnogra phy, and the like. In fact, these methods, with their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Evaluation in Education and Human Services
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401083775
SKU
V9789401083775
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