Scientism and Education

Name: Scientism and Education
Author: Emery J. Hyslop-Margison

Empirical Research as Neo-Liberal Ideology

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Paperback, 134 blz. | Engels

Springer Netherlands | 0e druk, 2010

ISBN13: 9789048176977

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This volume offers a critical examination of the mounting pressure placed on educators to apply scientific principles to improve education. By revealing many of the epistemological problems confronted by the social sciences, including education, the authors undermine the prevailing view that a science of education is possible or desirable. Instead it proposes alternative practices to strengthen democratic learning practices.

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ISBN13:9789048176977

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Aantal pagina's:134

Uitgever:Springer Netherlands

Druk:0

Hoofdrubriek:Mens en maatschappij

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Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Chapter Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. Education Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.2 The History of Empirical Research in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.3 The Major Principles of Positivism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2.4 Postpositivism: A Break from Scientism? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2.5 Some Philosophical Criticisms of LPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 2.6 Current Context of Scientism and Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 2.7 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3. Epistemological Problems in Social Science Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3.2 Critiques of Contemporary Social Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3.3 Structuralism: Implications for Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 3.4 Conceptual Frameworks Shape Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 3.5 Kuhn’s Scientific Paradigms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 3.6 Popper and the Concept of Falsification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 3.7 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 4. Empirical Research in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 4.2 Quality Education and Assessment Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 4.3 The Problem of Researcher Bias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 4.4 Conceptual Confusion and Construct Validity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 4.5 The Problem of Generalizability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 4.6 Same Evidence Leads to Different Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 4.7 The Direct Reference Theory of Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 4.8 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 5. Education Research as Analytic Truths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 5.2 Conceptual Confusion and Logical Tautology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 5.3 The Case of Citizenship Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 5.4 Empirical Research and Teaching Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 5.5 The Analytic Nature of Best Practice Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 5.6 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 6. Empirical Research as Neo-liberal Ideology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 6.1 I