Beschreibung:
This handbook focuses on the often neglected dimension of interpretation in educational research. It argues that all educational research is in some sense 'interpretive', and that understanding this issue belies some usual dualisms of thought and practice, such as the sharp dichotomy between 'qualitative' and 'quantitative' research. Interpretation extends from the very framing of the research task, through the sources which constitute the data, the process of their recording, representation and analysis, to the way in which the research is finally or provisionally presented. The thesis of the handbook is that interpretation cuts across the fields (both philosophically, organizationally and methodologically).
Preface: How the Handbook Came into Being; Paul Smeyers.- General Introduction; Morwenna Griffiths, David Bridges, Nicholas C. Burbules and Paul Smeyers.- The Theoretical Landscape.- GENRE 1: Narrative Approaches.- GENRE 2: Analysis of Language and Significations.- GENRE 3: Ethnography of Education: Sociological and anthropological approaches.- GENRE 4: Ethnography in Educational Research: Applying ethnographic methods in educational inquiry.- GENRE 5: Historical Approaches.- GENRE 6: Philosophical Approaches.- GENRE 7: Quantitative Approaches.- GENRE 8: Cultural-transgressive Approaches.- Afterword; David Bridges, Nicholas C. Burbules, Morwenna Griffiths and Paul Smeyers.