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ERIC Number: EJ106914
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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The Study of Education: Prisoner of Metaphor and Synecdoche
Walton, John
Educational Studies, 5, 3, 103-10, F 74
The discussion which follows attempts, first, to account for the failure of educational studies to establish for themselves a reputation for intellectual respectability and professional indispensability; and, secondly, to suggest how this general situation may be improved. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Metaphors, School Role, Social Sciences
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