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ERIC Number: EJ410822
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Toward an Alternative Research Paradigm for Small/Rural Schools: Beyond an Approximated Reality.
Dobson, Russell L; Dobson, Judith E.
Research in Rural Education, v6 n3 p27-31 1990
Presents arguments, based on Thomas Kuhn's work, that most research on rural and small schools proceeds from previous scientific achievements, and that researchers' (outsiders') preconceived and approximated reality forces the nature of rural and small schools into an inflexible box. Contains 40 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Educational Research, Epistemology, Models, Research Problems, Rural Schools, Small Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Paradigm Shifts; Perceived Reality