(Mis)Understanding Human Beings: Theory, Value, and Progress in Education Research

Autor/in	Hostetler, Karl
Titel	(Mis)Understanding Human Beings: Theory, Value, and Progress in Education Research
Quelle	In: Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 46 (2010) 4, S.400-415 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1946
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Theory Practice Relationship; Educational Research; Research Methodology; Experiments; Educational Improvement; Educational Theories; Social Theories; Philosophy; Concept Formation; Educational Philosophy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Erprobung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Gesellschaftstheorie; Philosophie; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie
Abstract	There is renewed interest in what can be called an "experimentist" approach to education research. The claim is that if researchers would focus on experiments and "evidence-based" policies and practices, irreversible progress in education can be achieved. This experimentist approach cannot provide the understanding of knowledge and human beings needed for meaningful progress in education. Lacking is adequate appreciation for the role of theory, particularly ethical and other philosophical theory. We especially need a theory of our human condition and a keen awareness for how some conceptions of scientific work can influence, and distort, our conceptions of human beings and worthwhile lives. As paradoxical as it might seem at first, to move ahead in education and our service to persons' welfare, we need to look backward to revisit old truths. (Contains 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10