Understanding Education and Educational Research |
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| Author:
| Smeyers, Paul
Smith, Richard |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-40161-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $42.99 |
Book Description:
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Educational research is widely believed to be essentially empirical, consisting of research techniques such as statistics, interviewing, or randomised control trials. This book argues that good research in education needs the rigorous thinking characteristic of philosophy, and that philosophical treatments themselves sometimes constitute such research.
Educational research is widely believed to be essentially empirical, consisting of research techniques such as statistics, interviewing, or randomised control trials. This book argues that good research in education needs the rigorous thinking characteristic of philosophy, and that philosophical treatments themselves sometimes constitute such research.