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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816721603321

Autore

Scott David <1951->

Titolo

Researching education [[electronic resource] ] : data, methods and theory in educational enquiry / / David Scott and Robin Usher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2011

ISBN

1-282-94796-6

9786612947964

1-4411-5312-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

UsherRobin <1944->

Disciplina

370.72

Soggetti

Education - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Knowledge and philosophy -- pt. 2. Strategies and methods -- pt. 3. Themes and issues.

Sommario/riassunto

Researching Education looks at the theory and practice of researching education and examines the philosophical, historical, political and social contexts of research and the implications of these for the collection and analysis of data. Scott and Usher argue that while power is ever present in the construction of research texts, this is inevitable as research imposes a closure of the world through representations and thus is always and inevitably involved with and implicated in the operation of power.  The authors provide a theoretical framework against previously compiled research can be judg