Education and Theory:strangers In Paradigms

Argumento de Education and Theory:strangers In Paradigms

This compelling book examines what theory means for both student and researcher and questions whether the confidence in educational theory is justified. It begins by looking at what theory is, and what use it has in education and examines some theoretically significant influences on educational thought and practice in the twentieth century. Challenging the idea that the practice of education should be based on theory, the author offers alternative, simpler frameworks for conducting inquiry, without the constraints of existing theory, contending that it is time for a discussion about how values, evidence and ideas can more straightforwardly guide educational practice.

Education and Theory is stimulating reading for academics, researchers, teachers and students of education.0Preface
Journeys to understanding theory
What¿s the use of theory in education?
Where¿s the Theory? Behind you! (Oh no it isn¿t!)
Theory and the rational mind
Theory¿s spell ¿ on qualitative inquiry and educational research
The use and abuse of `theory¿: grounded theory
Less theory: fewer rules, more thinking
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