The Politics of Inquiry
Education Research and the "Culture of Science"
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2009
249 pages
978-0-7914-7706-9 (ISBN)
Description
Argues against the "culture of science" currently dominating education discourse and in favor of a more critical understanding of various modes of inquiry.
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Benjamin Baez is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Florida International University and coeditor (with Marybeth Gasman and Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner) of Understanding Minority-Serving Institutions, also published by SUNY Press. Deron Boyles is Professor of Philosophy of Education at Georgia State University and editor of The Corporate Assault on Youth: Commercialism, Exploitation, and the End of Innocence.
Content
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. ON "EDUCATION RESEARCH"
2. ON SCIENTISM AND POSITIVISM: JOHN DEWEY AND EDUCATION RESEARCH
3. DEGREES OF DISTINCTION: EDUCATION DOCTORAL STUDY AND THE "CULTURE OF SCIENCE"
4. "GOVERNING" SCIENCE: THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINARY AND THE CREATION OF PEOPLE IN THE INFORMATION AGE
5. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE "GRANTS CULTURE": PRIVATIZATION OF RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM
EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. ON "EDUCATION RESEARCH"
2. ON SCIENTISM AND POSITIVISM: JOHN DEWEY AND EDUCATION RESEARCH
3. DEGREES OF DISTINCTION: EDUCATION DOCTORAL STUDY AND THE "CULTURE OF SCIENCE"
4. "GOVERNING" SCIENCE: THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINARY AND THE CREATION OF PEOPLE IN THE INFORMATION AGE
5. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE "GRANTS CULTURE": PRIVATIZATION OF RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM
EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
