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Postpositivism and Educational Research : Philosophy, Theory, and Educational Research Series - D. C. Phillips

Postpositivism and Educational Research

By: D. C. Phillips, Nicholas C. Burbules

Paperback | 22 March 2000

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This volume presents in a forthright and lively way, an account of the philosophical position generally identified as ''Postpositivistic'' that undergirds much of mainstream research in education and the related social sciences. The discussion throughout is informed by recent developments in philosophy of science. Authors D. C. Phillips and Nicholas C. Burbules cite a number of interesting examples from the educational research and evaluation literature to illustrate the value of a scientific approach. Many educational researchers aspire to carry out rigorous or disciplined inquiry aimed at producing accurate (and generally ''truthful'') accounts of educational phenomena and the causal psychological or social processes that lay behind them. However, many recent critics have argued that it is a mistake to believe that research can yield theories, or advance claims that are true, objective, and value-neutral. In other words, that researchers always work within frameworks that embody important (and often questionable) assumptions about values and the nature of human knowledge. This book argues that , while there is much to be learned from recent critiques, traditional scientific values and assumptions are not outmoded. The authors show students how to implement and benefit from the scientific method in ways that take into account recent critiques.
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At last an engaging and well-reasoned defense of scientific rationality. This is a powerful antidote to the myriad critics who disparage or dismiss the social sciences.--David C. Berliner, Regents' Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University

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