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Education has continued to grow in stature and significance as an academic discipline. In addition to world renowned research studies the growth of education has been seen in the methodology and methods underpinning its research. The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research provides a cutting edge account of the research and methodology that is creating new understandings for education research, policy and practice. Over two volumes, the handbook addresses educational research in six essential components: Section 1: Understanding Research Section 2: Planning Research Section 3: Approaches to Research Section 4: Acquiring Data Section 5: Analysing Data Section 6: Reporting, Disseminating and Evaluating Research Featuring contributions from more than 50 of the biggest names in the international field, The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research represents a very significant contribution to the development of education.
Interpretivism as a Theory of Knowledge
Interpretivism as a Theory of Knowledge
Introduction
There have recently been calls to adopt approaches to the study of the social world (in relation to educational research, see Moss (2015), and in relation to making judgements about educational research, see the Research Excellence Framework (2015)) which deny the need to address ontological and epistemological concerns – approaches which can be described as operating outside of and in opposition to philosophical framings about the nature of reality and how we can know it. Though the purpose of these approaches is to support and strengthen a particular ideological view of human behaviour, for example, that members of the educational research community working together can make reliable ...
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