This book addresses fundamental questions in relation to education and itsepistemology. The position taken by the author is critical realist and thusthroughout ... » 

This book addresses fundamental questions in relation to education and itsepistemology. The position taken by the author is critical realist and thusthroughout the relationship between education and critical realism isforegrounded. Themes and issues that surface at different times in the bookare a critical realist view of education research a resolution of thequantitativequalitative divide criteria for judging the worth of educationaltexts and practices differences between scientific and critical realismsempirical research methods in education structureagency relationshipspragmatist views of educational research foundations and paradigmaticdifferences and educational critique and transformation. «