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Index
Philosophy, Theory, and Educational Research
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Table of Figures
Series Preface
Acknowledgments
1 - What Is Postpositivism?
THE POSITIVISTIC ACCOUNT OF SCIENCE
PROBLEMS WITH FOUNDATIONALIST EPISTEMOLOGIES
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
2 - Philosophical Commitments of Postpositivist Researchers
HOW CAN KNOWLEDGE NOT HAVE A FOUNDATION?
MULTIPLE BELIEFS, MULTIPLE TRUTHS, MULTIPLE REALITIES
OBJECTIVITY, SUBJECTIVITY, AND BIAS
REFERENCES
3 - Objectivity, Relativity, and Value Neutrality
CRITIQUES OF THE VALUE NEUTRALITY OF RESEARCH
INTERNAL, EPISTEMICALLY RELEVANT VALUES—AND THEIR OPPOSITE
AN EXAMPLE: THE HISTORY OF IQ TESTING
THE DETECTION OF BIAS AND THE INTERNAL INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL VALUES
REFERENCES
4 - Can, and Should, Educational Inquiry Be Scientific?
EXPLAINING HUMAN ACTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
AN EXAMPLE: BENNY’S MATHEMATICS
SOME BACKGROUND ON HERMENEUTICS
INTERPRETING HUMAN ACTION AND INTERPRETING TEXTS
OTHER FOCI OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
AN EXAMPLE OF NONINTERPRETIVE RESEARCH INVOLVING MICROLEVELS AND MACROLEVELS
A NOTE ON CAUSATION IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
FINAL WORDS: THE UNITY OF SCIENCE?
REFERENCES
Index
About the Authors
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