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Postpositivism and Educational Research (Paperback)
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Postpositivism and Educational Research (Paperback)
Series: Philosophy, Theory, and Educational Research Series
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This volume presents in a forthright and lively way, an account of
the philosophical position generally identified as
'Postpositivistic' that undergirds much of mainstream research in
education and the related social sciences. The discussion
throughout is informed by recent developments in philosophy of
science. Authors D. C. Phillips and Nicholas C. Burbules cite a
number of interesting examples from the educational research and
evaluation literature to illustrate the value of a scientific
approach. Many educational researchers aspire to carry out rigorous
or disciplined inquiry aimed at producing accurate (and generally
'truthful') accounts of educational phenomena and the causal
psychological or social processes that lay behind them. However,
many recent critics have argued that it is a mistake to believe
that research can yield theories, or advance claims that are true,
objective, and value-neutral. In other words, that researchers
always work within frameworks that embody important (and often
questionable) assumptions about values and the nature of human
knowledge. This book argues that, while there is much to be learned
from recent critiques, traditional scientific values and
assumptions are not outmoded. The authors show students how to
implement and benefit from the scientific method in ways that take
into account recent critiques.
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