International Handbook of Interpretation in Educational Research

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Smeyers, Paul (Editor), Bridges, David (Editor), Burbules, Nicholas C. (Editor), Griffiths, Morwenna (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer International Handbooks of Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Education > Philosophy.; Social sciences.; Educational Philosophy.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Philosophy of Education.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

This handbook focuses on the often neglected dimension of interpretation in educational research. It argues that all educational research is in some sense ‘interpretive’, and that understanding this issue belies some usual dualisms of thought and practice, such as the sharp dichotomy between ‘qualit...