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Goodson, Ivor – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1980
Life history data of educators should be analyzed for research purposes. The focus should be changed from an obsession with specific events and statistical data to a much broader historical sweep. Life history investigations set against the background of teaching patterns should provide an antidote to depersonalized accounts of schooling. (JN)
Descriptors: Biographies, Documentaries, Educational Innovation, Educational Research