The Primacy of Experience and the Politics of Method.

Eisner, Elliot W.

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ERIC Number: EJ378354

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1988

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The Primacy of Experience and the Politics of Method.

Eisner, Elliot W.

Educational Researcher, v17 n5 p15-20 Jun-Jul 1988

Knowledge, rooted in experience, requires forms for its representation. Forms of representation limit what we seek. As a result, socialization in method is a process that shapes what we can know and value. At base it is a political undertaking. Examines the effects of the politics of method on educational research. (Author/BJV)

Descriptors: Achievement, Art, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Experience, Methods, Politics of Education, Research Methodology, Research Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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