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Article
An appraisal of the criticisms of educational research in recent years
Education-Line
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Abstract
According to Hodkinson (2001) educational research in the UK has been passing through "a crisis of confidence" in the last decade as a result of several attacks upon its quality. The scope of this paper is to briefly highlight these „attacks‟ on educational research and then focus on one of its primary criticisms for an in-depth analysis. I mainly draw upon the work of Hargreaves (1996), Hammersley (1997) and Hillage, Pearson, Anderson and Tamkin (1998) but allude to other sources as well.
Citation Information
Sherwin Rodrigues. "An appraisal of the criticisms of educational research in recent years" Education-Line (2008) p. 1 - 4 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sherwin_rodrigues/3/