It is, I think, important to clarify from the beginning of this book my understanding of the
nature of educational research and educational theory, for this carries implications for many …

This paper starts from the point in the early 1970s at which educational theory and research
was temporarily structured under the 'foundation'disciplines of psychology, sociology …

For many decades, debates about the 'what'and 'how'have haunted the academic discipline
of education. The temptation to rely on methods characteristic of empirical educational …

The first part of this chapter discusses the evolving relationships between educational
research, state-funded educational provision, and institutional arrangements for other areas …

This chapter discusses on a way of celebrating conversations and opportunities, by paying
close attention to, doubting, questioning and critiquing various ways of articulating the …

This special issue of the Journal of Philosophy of Education is addressed both to
philosophers of education and to the many colleagues in the wider educational research …

The question addressed in this chapter is: is educational research concerned in some sense
with the truth in relation to the matter (s) which are the focus of its inquiry or is it not, as Guba …

Much current educational research shows the influence of two powerful but potentially
pernicious lines of thought. The first, which can be traced at least as far back as Francis …

The discussion that follows is intended to goad philosophers of education into paying more
detailed attention to empirical educational research—not just to its purported findings, but …

This article outlines and appraises the considerable criticism of educational research, both
in the United Kingdom and in North America, and shows how it has pointed to a narrowing of …