A Critique of the Metaphor of Distillation in

Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan; McPhail, Jean C.

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ERIC Number: EJ596396

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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A Critique of the Metaphor of Distillation in "Toward a Knowledge Base for School Learning."

Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan; McPhail, Jean C.

Review of Educational Research, v63 n3 p327-34 Fall 1993

Asserts that because M. Wang, G. Haertel, and H. Walberg never clarify the contours of their "knowledge base for school learning," it is difficult to know what their broad-based comparison of research studies has really yielded. Explores dilemmas posed by the methodology of the study. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Meta Analysis, Research Utilization, Teacher Competencies, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue focusing on the knowledge base for school learning. Commentary on "Toward a Knowledge Base for School Learning" by Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertel, and Herbert J. Walberg, "Review of Educational Research" v63 n3 p249-94 Fall 1993.