Making a Difference in Theory: The Theory Question in Education and the Education Question in Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415656948 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 232 str.

Gert Biesta; Richard Edwards; Julie Allan

Opis

In the light of persistent concerns about the quality and relevance of educational research, nationally and internationally, there is a clear need to complement capacity building activities in the domain of methods and methodologies, with capacity building activities that focus on the roles of theory in educational research. This edited collection focuses on the contextual presence of theory, the practices of doing theory, and refractions on and agendas for theory respectively. This book is explicitly international in its scope and outlook, and aims to facilitate productive interaction and dialogue between different traditions and approaches.

Spis treści

Part I: The Contextual Presence of Theory  The Empirical and the Political 'Fact' of Theory in the Social and Educational Sciences Thomas S. Popkewitz.  Challenges of Educational Theory in the Age of Knowledge Capitalism Lisbeth Lundahl.  Between Universally Claimed Theory and Common Understanding: Theoretical Knowledge in Education Daniel Tröhler.  The Changing Field of Educational Studies and the Task of Theorising Education Joannes Bellmann  Part II: The Practice of Doing Theory  Theories have Consequences, Don’t They? On the Moral Nature of Educational Theory and Research Deborah Gallagher.  Bildung and Educational Language: Talking of 'the Self' in Anglo-American Education Norm Friesen.  On the Theoretical Limits of Education Alexander M. Sidorkin  Part III: Refractions on and Agendas for Theory  Educational Theory and the Practice of Critique Robin Usher and Anna Anderson.  The Excess of Theory: On the Functions of Educational Theory in Apparent Reality Tomasz Szkudlarek.  Speaking Educationally about Teacher Education Anne M. Phelan.  Teaching Theories Lynn Fendler.  Towards an Agenda for Theoretical Interventions in Education Julie Allan, Richard Edwards and Gert Biesta.

O autorze

Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory and Policy at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, and editor-in-chief of Studies in Philosophy and Education.

Julie Allan is Professor of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Borås, Sweden.

Richard Edwards is Professor of Education at the School of Education, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.