Education, epistemology and critical realism /

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Main Author: Scott, David, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780203883099
0203883098
9781134027347
1134027346
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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.