Author

Contributions

  • Usher, Robin, 1944- - Contributor

Publication

2000 - Continuum, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

44,750 words, Guess

Page Count

179 pages

Physical Format

Electronic resource

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC370.72
  • LCCLB1028 .S36 2000eb
  • LCCLB1028.S36 2000

Description

This volume is a study of the theory and practice of researching education. It examines the philosophical, historical, political and social contexts of researching and the implications of these for the collection and analysis of data. The authors argue that power is ever present in the construction of research texts and this is inevitable, as research imposes a closure of the world through representation and thus is always involved with and implicated in the operation of power. The book addresses such fundamental questions as: What is legitimate knowledge?, What is the relationship between the.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Institute of Education series

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