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Education, epistemology and critical realism [electronic resource] / David Scott.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New studies in critical realism and educationPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.Description: 146 pISBN:
  • 9780203883099 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 370.1 22
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Contents:
Introduction and initial thoughts -- Critical realism and empirical research methods in education -- Resolving the quantitative-qualitative divide -- Epistemic relativism, ontological realism, and the possibility of judgemental rationality -- Educational judgements : epistemic, parasitic and external criteria -- Judgemental rationality -- Empirical indicators and causal narratives -- Structure and agency : key ontological concepts -- Educational critique -- Arbitrary and non-arbitrary knowledge.
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Introduction and initial thoughts -- Critical realism and empirical research methods in education -- Resolving the quantitative-qualitative divide -- Epistemic relativism, ontological realism, and the possibility of judgemental rationality -- Educational judgements : epistemic, parasitic and external criteria -- Judgemental rationality -- Empirical indicators and causal narratives -- Structure and agency : key ontological concepts -- Educational critique -- Arbitrary and non-arbitrary knowledge.

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