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Problem Based Methodology Research for the Improvement of Practice

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ISBN-10: 0080419259

ISBN-13: 9780080419251

Edition: 1993

Authors: Viviane Robinson

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How can educational research make a greater impact on educational practice? Problem-Based Methodology: Research for the Improvement of Practice explains why educational research has contributed so little to the understanding and resolution of educational problems, and how, with a different methodology, its contribution could be significantly greater. The book offers an alternative problem-based methodology (PBM) which is better matched than either empiricist, critical or interpretive approaches to the generic features of educational problems, to the way practitioners seek to resolve those problems, and to the normative requirements of any practical activity. In addition, PBM incorporates…    
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Book details

List price: $119.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date: 3/19/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 290
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.45" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgements
Justifying and Explaining Problem-Based Methodology
The need for a problem-based methodology
Taking problems and practitioners seriously
Defending and developing problem-based methodology
Using Problem-Based Methodology
Analysing educational problems: the case of a professional development programme
Analysing educational problems: the dilemmas of participative management
Reflections on problem analysis
Intervening in educational problems: two case studies
Reflections on intervention
Comparing Problem-Based Methodology
Empiricist research and problem resolution
Interpretive research and problem resolution
Critical research and problem resolution
Conclusions
Obstacles and opportunities for problem-based methodology
Appendix A
Appendix B
Author index
Subject index