International Handbook of Interpretation in Educational Research

International Handbook of Interpretation in Educational Research edited by Paul Smeyers, David Bridges, Nicholas C. Burbules, Morwenna Griffiths.

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 ‘qualit...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Smeyers, Paul (Editor), Bridges, David (Editor), Burbules, Nicholas C. (Editor), Griffiths, Morwenna (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Springer International Handbooks of Education,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Education—Philosophy.
Social sciences.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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