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Whitty, Geoff – British Educational Research Journal, 2006
The relationship between research and policy and practice in education is a long-standing issue in many countries. Focusing on the UK Government, which is responsible for education in England, this paper looks at the criticisms of education research that have been made in recent years by government and related non-departmental public bodies and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Social Problems
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Radford, Mike – British Educational Research Journal, 2006
This article presents a critical review of complexity theory in relation to educational research. The "analytical reductionist" approach is one in which the educational researcher seeks to reduce complex wholes to particular factors and to identify correlations between them and desirable outcomes. Complexity theory shows how this approach in…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Research, Educational Practices, Educational Policy
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Hammersley, Martyn – British Educational Research Journal, 1997
Addresses some of the recent criticism aimed at educational research, its failure to provide a sound base for teaching or to generate a cumulative body of knowledge. Answers that there is always a dichotomy between research and application and argues that restrictions would only worsen the situation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Foreign Countries