Undead theories : : constructivism, eclecticism and research in education /

Undead theories : : constructivism, eclecticism and research in education / / David Geelan.

Theory is dead. . . long live theory! In this collection of linked essays, David Geelan explores the contentious relationship between theory and research in education. The first chapter proclaims the 'death of theory' in educational research, but the remainder of the book explores a number...

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Geelan, David,
Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Undead Theories
  • Section One – Theory and Disciplined Eclecticism
  • The Death of Theory in Educational Research
  • Feyerabend Revisited: Epistemological Anarchy and Disciplined Eclecticism in Educational Research
  • Sketching some Postmodern Alternatives: Beyond Paradigms and Research Programs as Referents for Science Education
  • Section Two – Building Constructivism
  • Prior Knowledge, Prior Conceptions, Prior Constructs: What do Constructivists Really Mean, and are they Practising What they Preach?
  • Epistemological Anarchy and the Many forms of Constructivism
  • Section Three – Telling Stories to Explore Classroom Experience
  • The Empty Centre: Power/Knowledge, Relationships and the Myth of ‘Student Centred Teaching’ in Teacher Education
  • Learning to Communicate: Developing as a Science Teacher
  • Weaving Narrative Nets to Capture School Science Classrooms
  • Writing our Lived Experience: Beyond the (Pale) Hermeneutic?
  • Section Four – Exploring Web-Based Communication
  • Developing Distance Education Students’ Skills in Critically Self-Reflective Practice using Computer Mediated Communication
  • Embodying our Values in our Teaching Practices: Building Open and Critical Discourse Through Computer Mediated Communication
  • Can Teaching in a Virtual Classroom Enhance Real Learning?
  • Places to Stand and Ways to Look
  • Index
  • References.

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