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ERIC Number: EJ398936
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Unscientific Character of Educational Research.
Gibboney, Richard A.
Phi Delta Kappan, v71 n3 p225-27 Nov 1989
Educational research, a branch of social science research, shares one powerful idea with the physical sciences: the primacy of scientific objectivity. In educational research, facts are routinely mistaken for scientific truth. Based on blind empiricism, educational research lacks scientific status and should be termed "educational arts." Includes seven references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research, Research Methodology, Social Science Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Frameworks; Empiricism