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The Nature of Social and Educational Inquiry: Empiricism versus Interpretation

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Nature of Social and Educational Inquiry: Empiricism versus Interpretation

Contributors:

By (Author) John K. Smith

ISBN:

9780893915148

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Praeger Publishers Inc

Publication Date:

1st January 1989

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

300.1

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

200

Description

In a clear, concise fashion, this book describes the underlying issues involved in the current discussion over different approaches (empiricist vs. interpretive, quantitative vs. qualitative, scientific vs. naturalist) to social and educational inquiry. The author shows why the issues are currently of interest, briefly describes the standard empiricist perspective on inquiry, and examines the historical origins of the issues. Additionally, there is a discussion of the relationship of the researcher to the subject matter, the relationship of facts and values, the goal of inquiry, and the role of procedures in the inquiry process. In the final chapter there is a summary of these points in terms of the major question of objectivism versus relativism.

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