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A Companion to Research in EducationTraditions of Inquiry: Should We Talk of Different Paradigms After All?

A Companion to Research in Education: Traditions of Inquiry: Should We Talk of Different... [Much educational research, particularly at PhD level, is premised on there being a deep division between qualitative and quantitative research. Indeed these are seen to follow from different and incompatible paradigms of what counts as truth and knowledge. This response to Alexander’s chapter further questions the tenability of this dichotomy. There are different kinds of research, the methodology depending on the questions being asked.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Companion to Research in EducationTraditions of Inquiry: Should We Talk of Different Paradigms After All?

Editors: Reid, Alan D.; Hart, E. Paul; Peters, Michael A.
Pring, Richard
A Companion to Research in Education — Aug 16, 2013
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
ISBN
978-94-007-6808-6
Pages
27 –30
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-6809-3_3
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Abstract

[Much educational research, particularly at PhD level, is premised on there being a deep division between qualitative and quantitative research. Indeed these are seen to follow from different and incompatible paradigms of what counts as truth and knowledge. This response to Alexander’s chapter further questions the tenability of this dichotomy. There are different kinds of research, the methodology depending on the questions being asked.]

Published: Aug 16, 2013

Keywords: Paradigms; Positivism; Critical realism; Traditions of inquiry

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