1st Edition
Evidence-based Practice in Education Functions of evidence and causal presuppositions
By Tone Kvernbekk
Copyright 2016
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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Much educational debate today is dominated by a "what works" vocabulary, intimately associated with evidence-based practice (EBP). The vocabulary consists of concepts and ideas such as accountability, competency, effectiveness, employability, learning outcomes, predictability, qualifications, and testing. As schooling and education are considered successful when predetermined outcomes have been... Read more
- Introduction
- Evidence
- The Indirect Function of Evidence
- The Instrumental Character of Evidence-based Practice
- Interlude: on finding one’s way in the casual landscape
- The Logic of Intervention
- Reproducibility
- What does it take for an Intervention to Work?
- The Best Laid Schemes
- Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Tone Kvernbekk is Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Oslo, Norway.
