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9781850008231: Knowledge for Policy: Improving Education Through Research

Synopsis

This book begins with an introductory essay in which the authors conceptualize, argue substantive theses, and discuss each selection briefly. It then continues in four parts. Part 1 reprints selections both critical and enthusiastic about research impact and reviews problems inherent in social research. Part 2 includes contributions arguing severally for "positivistic", "basic", "applied" and "alternative" approaches to social research. The selections in Part 3 discuss communication between the research domain and the domains of policy and action in education. Selections in Part 4 provide illustrations of social research impact and discuss the social and ideological contexts in which impact occurs.

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