Telling Tales about Educational Research: A Response to John K. Smith.

Hammersley, Martyn

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ERIC Number: EJ586993

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Telling Tales about Educational Research: A Response to John K. Smith.

Hammersley, Martyn

Educational Researcher, v27 n7 p18-21 Oct 1998

Criticizes the essay by J. Smith on the "balkanization" of educational research, asserting that the assumption that there is no common ground among current views of educational research is not only false but will lead to the very divisions that Smith fears. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Methodology, Researchers

Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Responds to "The Stories Educational Researchers Tell about Themselves" by John K. Smith, "Educational Researcher" v26 n5 p4-11 1997.