1st Edition

Education, Epistemology and Critical Realism

By David Scott Copyright 2010
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This book addresses fundamental questions in relation to education and its epistemology. The position taken by the author is critical realist; and thus throughout the relationship between education and critical realism is foregrounded. Themes and issues that surface at different times in the book are: a critical realist view of education research; a resolution of the... Read more

@contents: 1. Introduction and Initial Thoughts  2. Critical Realism and Empirical Research Methods in Education  3. Resolving the Quantitative–Qualitative Divide  4. Epistemic Relativism, Ontological Realism, and the Possibility of Judgemental Rationality  5. Educational Judgements: Epistemic, Parasitic and External Criteria  6. Judgemental Rationality  7. Empirical Indicators and Causal Narratives  8. Structure and Agency – Key Ontological Concepts  9. Educational Critique  10. Arbitrary and Non-Arbitrary Knowledge

Biography

David Scott is Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the Institute of Education, University of London. He has previously worked at the universities of Warwick, Southampton and Lincoln. His most recent book is Critical Essays on Major Curriculum Theorists published by Routledge.