Improving education: realist approaches to method and research

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New York: Cassell (1999)
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Stimulated by late-1990s debate in the UK on quality, effectiveness and usefulness of educational research (reports by OFSTED, DFEE and NFER), this book shows ...

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LB7.I48 1999

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0304705535   0304705543
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Pursuing truth: A science of education.  (pages 15--29)J. Swann
Making better plans: problem-based versus objectives-based planning.  (pages 53--66)Joanna Swann
Critical realism: Post-Popper realism for a real world.  (pages 67--76)David Corson
Empowering lecturers to improve assessment practice in higher education.  (pages 89--100)J. Swann & K. Ecclestone
The logic-of-learning approach to teaching: A testable theory.  (pages 109--120)Joanna Swann
Exploring informal practitioner theory in adult basic education.  (pages 146--155)Yvonne Hillier
The Popperian approach to raising standards in educational research.  (pages 168--80)J. Tooley

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