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ERIC Number: EJ157759
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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The Experimental Ecology of Education
Bronfenbrenner, Urie
Teachers College Record, 78, 2, 157-204, Dec 76
This paper calls into question prevailing approaches to educational research (contrived experiments) and proposes a new perspective in method, theory, and substance (natural experiments). (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Psychology, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Environmental Influences, Laboratory Experiments, Research Design, Research Methodology
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Identifiers: Ecology of Education