This important book offers a meta-theoretical account of educational
theories and how they work. It offers a classification scheme of
distinct types of educational theory in which the account developed
can inform the work of educational theorists and practitioners.
Kvernbekk observes throughout how meta-theoretical knowledge of the
structure of theory types will improve the understanding and
representation of educational phenomena and enhance theorists’ and
practitioners’ ability to change those phenomena for the better. She
explains how philosophical accounts of scientific theories can help us
understand the nature of educational theories by applying two
influential but different theory conceptions – the Received View and
the Semantic Conception – to the field of education. Kvernbekk
argues that educational theories, like other scientific theories, are
representational devices that allow us to understand, describe and
explain phenomena, and, when desired, to change them. The
classification scheme offered allows us to discriminate distinct types
of educational theory: goal-directed, equivalence and interlevel
theories. Examples of all three types are discussed, explaining their
structure, what they say about the phenomena and how they say it. The
book also offers a critical overview of different conceptions of
practice and different understandings of the theory–practice
relationship. Encouraging a strong understanding of what theories say
about the phenomena they represent, this book will be of interest to
educational researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of
philosophy of education, education theory and education policy, and to
philosophers of science and philosophers working on ‘practical’
philosophical issues.
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ISBN
9781351039963
Publisert
2021
Utgave
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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