Educational Research: Why 'What Works' Doesn't Work

by Marc Depaepe

Book Overview

In this book distinguished philosophers and historians of education from six countries focus on the problematical nature of the search for 'what works' in educational contexts, in practice as well as in theory. Beginning with specific problems, they move on to more general and theoretical considerations, seeking to go beyond simplistic notions of cause and effect and the rhetoric of performativity that currently grips educational thinking.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048173345
• ISBN13: 9789048173341
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"