How/Should We Generalize?

Autor/in	Erickson, Ainsley T.
Titel	How/Should We Generalize?
Quelle	In: History of Education Quarterly, 60 (2020) 1, S.86-97 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2680
Schlagwörter	Generalization; Generalizability Theory; Historical Interpretation; Archives; Evidence; Educational History; African American History; Epistemology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Historische Interpretation; Archivwesen; Archiv; Evidenz; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Erkenntnistheorie
Abstract	Carl Kaestle defines a generalization as "how we know when we know." Kaestle sketches a model of increasing certainty in historical claims as they are developed and refined at increasing scales of research, from local to international. A historical claim might originate in the study of a particular place or case, but to know that the claims were true, the historian needed to move from the microlevel view to a more macro one, perhaps at the national rather than local level. Once tested and refined through comparison with other cases, possibly smoothing some of the rougher edges in the process, the claim could then be transferred beyond national borders. This essay is a selective exploration of the matter, of certainty and uncertainty within critical views of the archive, of generalizability and specificity. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01