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
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.
Series Preface | ||
1 | What Is Pragmatism? | 1 |
2 | From Experience to Knowledge | 25 |
3 | The Process of Inquiry | 55 |
4 | Consequences of Pragmatism | 83 |
5 | Pragmatism and Educational Research | 107 |
Bibliography | 115 | |
Index | 121 | |
About the Authors | 127 |