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ERIC Number: EJ168868
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Whither Goest Futur-(es)-(ism)-(ology)-(istics)-( )*in Education
Weaver, Roy A.
Educational Research Quarterly, 1, 4, 5-12, Win 77
Futures research is defined as the development and use of forecasting techniques: (1) for estimating the likelihood of an event's occurence over time; (2) for examining the probability of one event's occurence affecting the likelihood of another event's occurence; and, (3) for analyzing the relationships among forecasted alternatives. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Research, Futures (of Society), Research Methodology, Research Problems
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