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Exploring the Philosophical Assumptions in Social Education Research
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Norah Alsharidi – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
Educational research enquiries differ based on philosophical beliefs and assumptions regarding researchers' explicitly stated views. This paper critically explores the most dominant philosophical stances in social research sciences, namely positivism, interpretivism and pragmatism. It begins with an overview of the role of the aforementioned…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Social Science Research, Philosophy, Beliefs