Knowledge production : research work in interesting times / edited by Bridget Somekh and Thomas A. Schwandt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Somekh, Bridget.

Schwandt, Thomas A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research.

Education.

Education--Research--Methodology.

Education--Research--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

ix, 214 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Contents:

First words / Thomas A. Schwandt. Pt. I. Analysis and critique of contemporary audit cultures and performativity in educational research. Measures of usefulness: a diatribe / Marilyn Strathern

How is educational research 'being framed'?: governmentality, the (ac)counting of, and expertise in, educational research / Jill Blackmore

'Clarity bordering on stupidity': where's the quality in systematic review? / Maggie Maclure

Sex, science and educational research: the unholy trinity / Ian Stronach, Jo Frankham and Sheila Stark

Internationalisation, globalisation, and quality audits: an empire of the mind? / Noel Gough. Pt. II. Engagement and transformations: reconstructing research and theory to meet the challenges and opportunities of the contemporary world. Theorising innovation and knowledge creation in pursuit of education justice / Leonie Rowan

Narrations on domestic accountability / Jennifer C. Greene ... [et al.]

From 'human capital' theory to 'capability theory' as a driver of curriculum reform: a reflection on the educational implications of the work of Amartya Sen in the light of John Dewey's account of educational values / John Elliott

Rethinking doctoral writing as text work and identity work / Barbara Kamler and Pat Thomson

Politics, knowledge, identity and community: methodologist as hitchhiker, skateboarder ... / John Schostak and Jill Schostak

Last words: speculative knowledge / Bridget Somekh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415442299

041544229X

9780415442282

0415442281

OCLC:

137325105