1st Edition

Knowledge Production Research Work in Interesting Times

Edited By Bridget Somekh, Thomas A. Schwandt Copyright 2007
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

This collection from a highly impressive international group of educational researchers explores epistemological, methodological, and ethical-political issues in the production of knowledge about educational phenomena in contemporary society. The book is organized in two sections. The first focuses on how the enterprise of knowledge production is being influenced by global discourses of... Read more

Introduction  Part 1: Examining Educational Knowledge Production in Global Discourses of Accountability, Quality Assessment, and Performance  Measures of Usefulness: A Diatribe.  How is Educational Research 'Being Framed'? Governmentality, the (Ac)counting of, and Expertise in, Educational Research.  'Clarity Bordering on Stupidity?' Where's the Quality in Systematic Review?'  Sex, Science and Educational Research: The Unholy Trinity.  Internationalisation, Globalization, and Quality Audits: An Empire of the Mind?  Part 2: Restructuring Educational Research Practices  Theorizing Innovation and Knowledge Creation in Pursuit of Educational Justice.  Democratic Accountability.  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.  Rethinking Doctoral Writing as Text Work and Identity Work.  Politics, Knowledge, Identity and Community: Methodologist as Hitchhiker, Skateboarder

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Bridget Somekh, Thomas A. Schwandt