Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Education -- An Assessment of David Hargreaves' Critique -- Why Research into Practice Does Not Go -- Some Questions about the Enlightenment Function of Educational and Social Inquiry -- Research and Practice, Two Worlds for Ever at Odds? (written with Roger Gomm) -- If the Social World Is How Qualitative Researchers Say It Is, What Impact Can Their Work Have on Policy Making and Practice? -- Diversity or Control in Educational Research? -- Varieties of Social Research -- A Typology -- A Review of Reviews -- Structure and Function in Reviews of Educational Research (written with Peter Foster)
Summary
The issue of the relationship between educational research and policy-making or practice has been a perennial concern. This book deals with some basic and controversial questions about the issue
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-174) and index
