Realism and Educational Research: New Perspectives and Possibilities

ISBN-13: 9780750709187 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 174 str.

David Scott

Opis

Although the literature of social research covers a vast range of material, there has been little on the role of social theory in educational research. In this respect, David Scott's book focuses on the centrality of social theory in a variety of empirical projects. The volume covers a range of conceptual and theoretical discussions and subsequently applies these concepts to the analysis of empirical studies.

Recenzje

'... David Scott's recent book on Realism and Educational Research is to be applauded ...Scott should be commended for beginning the urgent and necessary task of bringing realism and educational research to each other's attention. - Karl Maton, Journal of Critical Reasoning

Spis treści

1.Introduction; Part One: Theorising Educational Research 2.The Contested Nature of Educational Research 3. Educational Knowledge 4.Mathematical Modelling 5.Theory into Practice; Part Two: Disciplinary Knowledge 6.School Effectiveness Research 7.Education Policy 8.Biography and Autobiography 9.Researching `Race' and `Ethnicity' 10.Post-modernism 11.End-piece: Changing Knowledge of Relatively Unchanging Entities

O autorze

David Scott is a senior lecturer in curriculum at the Open University and the editor of The Curriculum Journal. He has previously worked in the field of educational research at the universities of Warwick, Southampton and London. He has edited Understanding Educational Research with Robin Usher published by Routledge and is currently writing a book on educational literacy to be published by Falmer Press.