happens, how it happens, and why it happens. Our assumption ought to be that this is as true in education as it is in atomic physics. But this leaves many other questions to answer. The crucial ones: What kind of science is proper or appropriate to education? How does it differ from physics? What is wrong with the prevai1 ing, virtually unopposed research tradition in education? What could or should be done to replace it with a more adequate tradi- tion? What concepts are necessary to describe and explain what we find there? It is in this realm that we find ourselves. Where to start? One...
happens, how it happens, and why it happens. Our assumption ought to be that this is as true in education as it is in atomic physics. But this leaves ...
