The Nature of Educational Theories: Goal-Directed, Equivalence and Interlevel Theories

ISBN-13: 9781138488557 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 234 str.

Tone Kvernbekk

Opis

This important book explores the question of what an educational theory is and how educational theories can work. It offers a classification scheme of distinct types of educational theory and considers ways the nature of theories can inform the work of educational theorists and practitioners.

Spis treści

1. Introduction.  2. Education – Field and Theory.  3. What Theories Are.  4. Goal-Directed Theories.  5. Equivalence Theories.  6. Interlevel Theories.  7. What Makes an Educational Theory Good?  8. Conceptions of Practice.  9. Theory and Practice.  10. Theory Applications and Other Uses.  11. Conclusion.

O autorze

Tone Kvernbekk is Professor of philosophy of education in the Department of Education at the University of Oslo, Norway. She mainly publishes on philosophical and epistemological issues as they bear on problems in educational theorizing. She also publishes in argumentation theory and narrative theory and likes to combine perspectives and draw on multiple sources.