Scientism and Education Empirical Research as Neo-Liberal Ideology /

• Main Authors: Hyslop-Margison, Emery J. (Author), Naseem, M. Ayaz (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Education.; Epistemology.; Philosophy and social sciences.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Education > Philosophy.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Educational Philosophy.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

This volume offers a critical examination of the growing pressure to apply scientific principles as a means to improve education. The authors trace the ideology of scientism to the early faith Auguste Comte placed in science and the scientific method as a panacea to all human problem solving. By rev...

Table of Contents:

• Education Research
• Epistemological Problems in Social Science Research
• Empirical Research in Education
• Education Research as Analytic Truths
• Empirical Research as Neo-liberal Ideology.