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Mellon, Constance A. – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1983
Examines the application of naturalistic inquiry to the field of instructional development and suggests that such inquiry needs to be informed by research traditions in sociology. Drawing on social movement theory, an example of analogical theorizing is presented illustrating how this theory can be applied to exploration of instructional…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Definitions, Educational Change, Educational Research
