Educational Research: An Unorthodox Introduction

Educational Research: An Unorthodox Introduction
ISBN-10
1350098000
ISBN-13
9781350098008
Series
Educational Research
Category
Education
Pages
184
Language
English
Published
2020-03-19
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Gert Biesta

Description

With so much technical information about research methods it is easy to lose sight of the bigger picture of why we carry out educational research and where and how research might contribute to the improvement of education. Educational Research: An Unorthodox Introduction steps you through the wider social and political contexts of educational research, focusing on fundamental questions such as what education actually 'is' and what it is for. In doing so, the book raises questions that more 'orthodox' introductions to the theory and practice of educational research often leave aside. Gert Biesta covers a range of key issues which permeate any educational research project, including the roles of theory in research, what it means and takes to improve education, the nature of educational practice, the history of educational research and scholarship, the connection between research, professionality and democracy and what the social and political dimensions of academic publishing are. Each chapter includes a set of questions to stimulate further discussion.

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