1st Edition
The Nature of Educational Theories Goal-Directed, Equivalence and Interlevel Theories
List of figures
Preface
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Education – Field and Theory
Chapter Three: What Theories Are
Chapter Four: Goal-Directed Theories
Chapter Five: Equivalence Theories
Chapter Six: Interlevel Theories
Chapter Seven: What Makes an Educational Theory Good?
Chapter Eight: Conceptions of Practice
Chapter Nine: Theory and Practice
Chapter Ten: Theory Applications and Other Uses
Chapter Eleven: Conclusion
References
Index
Biography
Tone Kvernbekk is Professor of philosophy of education in the Department of Education at the University of Oslo, Norway. She mainly publishes on philosophical and epistemological issues as they bear on problems in educational theorizing. She also publishes in argumentation theory and narrative theory and likes to combine perspectives and draw on multiple sources.
