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Peer reviewedMcKinney, E, Bernadette; Hindera, John J. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
The structure and process of college institutional research is compared with three different ways in which science is conceptualized. It is concluded that, although institutional research has much in common with science, it is distinct because the dynamic nature of institutional research prevents development of a cohesive body of knowledge.…
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Epistemology, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBaker, Donald R. – Journal of Social Work Education, 1991
A computer-based bibliometric study tracking the growth of dissertation and book production in social work from 1959-88 is reported. Potential applications of online bibliometric analysis are discussed, including its use in evaluation of scholarly productivity, study of social work history, and management of knowledge development processes in…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Epistemology, Higher Education, Online Systems
Peer reviewedGriffiths, Morwenna – British Educational Research Journal, 1995
Reviews and describes different versions of feminism and postmodernism. Reviews the current debate about the challenges that the two sets of theories offer to traditional epistomologies. Concludes with suggestions about the influence of feminism and postmodernism on educational research. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Epistemology
Peer reviewedEisner, Elliot W. – Art Education, 1993
Asserts that qualitative research methodology represents a fundamental reconceptualization about knowledge, validity, and education. Reviews the history and trends of educational research and argues that it is increasingly legitimate to use qualitative methods. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational History, Educational Objectives
Imbrogno, Salvatore; Imbrogno, Nadia – 1986
This paper designs a theoretical construct that integrates a number of mainstream systems of inquiry available to educational policymakers. Each system of inquiry has postulates, basic and derived concepts that characterize its epistemological foundations and methodological directives. None of these systems of inquiries, however, is proscriptive…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
