Education, Culture and Epistemological Diversity Mapping a Disputed Terrain /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ruitenberg, Claudia W. (Editor), Phillips, D.C (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education ; 2
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Education > Philosophy.; Educational Philosophy.; Philosophy of Education.; Education, general.; Philosophy, general.

In the recent educational research literature, it has been asserted that ethnic or cultural groups have their own distinctive epistemologies, and that these have been given short shrift by the dominant social group.  Educational research, then, is pursued within a framework that embodies assumptions...