Fiction written under Oath? Essays in Philosophy and Educational Research /

• Main Author: Bridges, David. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
• Series: Philosophy and Education, 10
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Education, general.; Philosophy of Education.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

The essays bring to contemporary debates about educational research both a first hand familiarity with the practices and arguments of the educational research community and a clear grasp of the ways in which philosophical sources and analysis can inform them. They are both measured and passionate -...

Table of Contents:

• A Ớ<U+00dc>biographical positioningỚ"
• Introduction: philosophising about educational research
• Philosophising as and in educational research
• The discipline(S) of educational research
• Educational theory, practice and research: pragmatic perspectives
• Educational research: pursuit of truth or flight into fancy?
• Narratives, fiction and the magic of the real
• Narratives in history, fiction and educational research
• Quality and relevance in educational research
• Ớ<U+00dc>Nothing about us without usỚ": the ethics of outsider research
• Research for Sale: moral market or moral maze?
• Ớ<U+00dc>Fiction written under oath?Ớ" Ethics and epistemology in educational research
• From philosophising about research to researching philosophy: reflections on a reflective log.