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Direct linkAlderson, Priscilla – Global Studies of Childhood, 2016
Critical realism is a philosophy of social science that analyses and aims to remedy current problems and gaps. Basic tenets of positivist and quantitative research tend to contradict those of qualitative and interpretive research, and critical realism proposes ways to resolve the contradictions. Vital themes in childhood research that are reviewed…
Descriptors: Realism, Social Sciences, Philosophy, Feminism
