Striving After the Wind: The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Educational Research.

Besag, Frank

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ERIC Number: EJ356171

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Publication Date: 1986

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Striving After the Wind: The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Educational Research.

Besag, Frank

American Behavioral Scientist, v30 n1 p15-22 Sep-Oct 1986

States that educational researchers have very little knowledge that they know for certain. Provides an overview of the relationship between research and philosophy, addressing three questions: (1) What is real in education? (2) What can be known about educational reality? (3) What is the relationship between educational research and what we know of school reality? (JDH)

Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Epistemology, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Qualitative Research, Research Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - General

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Language: English

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