Educational research

• Provides an overview of current debates on education and educational research
• Discusses current criticisms of certain types of empirical educational research
• Shows the methodological diversity of different forms of educational research

The term 'educational research' proves to be no less controversial than the concept of education itself. In the discussion, educational research often functions as a kind of umbrella term, marking a research profile that is intended to make it possible to empirically record educational processes in schools, especially those related to teaching, and to define the competencies to be acquired by pupils and evaluate them with the help of quantitative methods. In the context of other research traditions, there is a critical distance to this overly restricted understanding of educational research in terms of content and methodology. This volume focuses on educational approaches and contributions to educational research and the associated disciplinary perspectives and research methodological issues.

The editors:

Johannes Drerup is Professor of General Educational Science at TU Dortmund University and Visiting Professor at the Free University of Amsterdam.

Nina Göddertz is Junior Professor of Didactics of Social Pedagogy at the University of Paderborn.

Uwe Uhlendorff is Professor of Social Pedagogy with a focus on the didactics of social pedagogy at TU Dortmund University.

Ruprecht Mattig is Professor of Systematic Educational Science and Methodology of Educational Research at TU Dortmund University.

Werner Thole is Professor of Education and Childhood Education at TU Dortmund University.

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ISBN: 978-3-662-66923-5