Education and theory : strangers in paradigms / Gary Thomas.
Material type: TextSeries: Conducting educational researchPublisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2007Description: x, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0335211801
- 9780335211807
- 0335211798
- 9780335211791
- 370.1 22
- LB14.7 .T58 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Journeys to understanding theory -- 2. What's the use of theory in education? -- 3. Where's the theory? : behind you! (oh no it isn't!) -- 4. Theory and the rational mind -- 5. Theory's spell : on qualitative inquiry and educational research -- 6. The use and abuse of 'theory' : grounded theory / Gary Thomas and David James -- 7. Less theory.
"In this important new analysis, Gary Thomas suggests that the pursuit of theory in education is the pursuit of a chimera. This book examines what theory means for both student and researcher and questions whether the confidence in educational theory is justified. Education and Theory is for academics, researchers, teachers and students of education."--BOOK JACKET.
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