Abstract
What makes educational research scientific? And should we be worried whether it is? This chapter approaches these questions from a philosophical perspective, while also introducing some relevant work from twentieth-century philosophy of science. It discusses scientific method, confirmation, the distinction between theory and observation, the aim of science, and the relative merits of qualitative and quantitative approaches.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | A companion to research in education |
| Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
| Pages | 145-153 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789400768086 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |