Education, epistemology and critical realism /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Series: | New studies in critical realism and education.
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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.