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ERIC Number: EJ586834
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
The Myth of Rational Research.
Thomas, Gary
British Educational Research Journal, v24 n2 p141-61 Apr 1998
Discusses negative consequences of researchers' faith in positivistic inquiry: (1) it promotes the idea that certain rationalistic ingredients are obligatory in research; (2) it leads to faith in models of the mind based on order; and (3) it leads to a notion of teaching as articulating "know what" rather than "know how." (DSK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Epistemology, Research Methodology, Scientific Methodology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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