Theoretical and practical considerations for school‐based research in a post‐positivist era
- 1 April 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
- Vol. 5 (2) , 117-133
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0951839920050203
Abstract
During the last decade, the positivist perspective of social reality has lost credibility in education and other fields, giving way to a wide range of alternative conceptions of social science. This proliferation is welcome but confusing. This paper examines several intellectual traditions within the “post‐positivist camp” and identifies a number of approaches to decoding social reality as guidelines for field‐based research.Keywords
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