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Education, epistemology and critical realism /

"This book addresses fundamental questions in relation to education and its epistemology. The position taken by the author is critical realist; and thus throughout the relationship between education and critical realism is foregrounded. Themes and issues that surface at different times in the b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott, David, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Colección:New studies in critical realism and education.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and initial thoughts
  • Critical realism and empirical research methods in education
  • Resolving the quantitative-qualitative divide
  • Epistemic relativism, ontological realism, and the possibility of judgemental rationality
  • Educational judgements : epistemic, parasitic and external criteria
  • Judgemental rationality
  • Empirical indicators and causal narratives
  • Structure and agency : key ontological concepts
  • Educational critique
  • Arbitrary and non-arbitrary knowledge.