Paul Smeyers, Richard Smith

Understanding Education and Educational Research

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Argues that good educational research is often in essence philosophical rather than a matter of conventional 'research methods'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781107401617
• ISBN-10: 1107401615
• Artikelnr.: 41217896

Autorenporträt

Paul Smeyers is Research Professor for Philosophy of Education at Ghent University and Extraordinary Professor at KU Leuven, both in Belgium, and Honorary Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He teaches philosophy of education and methodology of qualitative/interpretative research methods. He is President of the International Network of Philosophers of Education and link-convenor for Network 13, Philosophy of Education of the European Educational Research Association. Since January 2014 he has been the editor of Ethics and Education.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Education and its research
2. The nature of social science
3. The idea of method
4. The nature of philosophy
5. The art of research
6. Language, truth, and meaning
7. On the dominant nature of educational research and its shortcomings
8. Research, policy and practical reasoning
9. The limits of measurement
10. Parenting and government intervention in the family (case study I)
11. Researching happiness and well-being (case study II)
12. Philosophy and research.