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Authors: Gert J. J. Biesta, Nicholas C. Burbules
ISBN-13: 9780847694778, ISBN-10: 0847694771
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Gert J. J. Biesta

Book Synopsis

This volume offers an overview of the pragmatic understanding of knowledge and the acquisition of knowledge, and its implications for the conduct of educational research. Pragmatism and Educational Research focuses primarily on the work of John Dewey, and examines the relationship between pragmatism and educational research both in relation to research methodology and to a pragmatic educational theory.

Table of Contents

Series Preface
1What Is Pragmatism?1
2From Experience to Knowledge25
3The Process of Inquiry55
4Consequences of Pragmatism83
5Pragmatism and Educational Research107
Bibliography115
Index121
About the Authors127

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