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Social Theory Perspectives on Policy and Practice in Adult Education.
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Crudden, Patrick – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1987
Attempts to bring Elsey's methodology in "Social Perspectives on Adult Education" to bear on aspects related to adult education policy and development work. Concludes that social theory perspectives help identify policy issues for adult education in Australia as it moves from random provision to a coherent system. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Social Theories
Change in the Field--Changing the Field: Bourdieu and the Methodological Practice of Educational Research
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Grenfell, Michael; James, David – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2004
Bourdieu's social theory offers a way of understanding some of the most important features of the field of educational research, while also providing educational researchers with a rich conceptual apparatus for their practice. This article addresses both of these methodological themes and the connections between them. We begin by outlining some…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology