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Educational explanations : philosophy in empirical educational research / Christopher Winch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winch, Christopher, author.
- Series:
- Journal of philosophy of education book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Research--Philosophy.
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 317 pages) : illustrations.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction : what is the question?
- A criterial conception of truth and objectivity : its relevance to educational research
- Why empirical educational research needs to be taken seriously
- The concept of an educational explanation and an account of what explanatory adequacy should look like
- How good is empirical research-disaster and success?
- Can empirical research-based knowledge be cumulative?
- Converging explanations : quantitative and qualitative methods and how they are related
- Intervention studies, experimental methods and evidence-based policy
- Case study 1. Bernsteinian sociolinguistics
- Case study 2. The comparative study of vocational education
- Case study 3. School effectiveness and improvement research
- Case study 4. Research on the teaching of reading debate and on dyslexia
- Educational faddism and how to (possibly) avoid it
- How philosophical and empirical research can work together
- Prospects for empirical educational research and its future relevance to policy and practice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 27, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Winch, Christopher. Educational explanations
- ISBN:
- 9781119816461
- 1119816467
- 9781119816478
- 1119816475
- 9781119816485
- 1119816483
- Publisher Number:
- 40031086891
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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