Becoming Critical: Education Knowledge and Action ResearchFirst published in 1986. There is now a growing movement to extend the professionalism of teachers by providing them with greater opportunities to engage in curriculum theorizing and educational research. The purpose of this book is to offer a rationale by outlining a philosophical justification for the view that teachers have a special role as researchers and that the most plausible way to construe educational research is as a form of critical social science. |
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... achieved through offering predesigned packages, through creating a profession with limited views of its professionalism, and through the consumerist activity of some school communities which demand that schools and teachers live up to ...
... achieved through offering predesigned packages, through creating a profession with limited views of its professionalism, and through the consumerist activity of some school communities which demand that schools and teachers live up to ...
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... achieve a new, though extremely frail, unity with the development of a new version of educational theory. Like the 'foundations' approach, the separate disciplines were all given their place, but an attempt was made to give them a ...
... achieve a new, though extremely frail, unity with the development of a new version of educational theory. Like the 'foundations' approach, the separate disciplines were all given their place, but an attempt was made to give them a ...
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... achieve social justice and developing a new consensus from common striving towards a better society , with social ideas and ideals being tested for their capacity to contribute to the development of society , the vision of post - war ...
... achieve social justice and developing a new consensus from common striving towards a better society , with social ideas and ideals being tested for their capacity to contribute to the development of society , the vision of post - war ...
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... cultivated person was now discarded in favour of developing conformity to an agreed image of the educated person ( implied by the goals ) , and that teaching and curriculum became instrumental - the means for achieving these.
... cultivated person was now discarded in favour of developing conformity to an agreed image of the educated person ( implied by the goals ) , and that teaching and curriculum became instrumental - the means for achieving these.
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... achieving these given ends . By the time Sputnik was launched and America was mobilizing education to ensure the production of scientists able to compete successfully with the Russians , educationists were already prepared for the ...
... achieving these given ends . By the time Sputnik was launched and America was mobilizing education to ensure the production of scientists able to compete successfully with the Russians , educationists were already prepared for the ...
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Becoming Critical: Education Knowledge and Action Research Wilfred Carr,Stephen Kemmis Limited preview - 2003 |
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