Qualitative Inquiry in an Age of Educationalese
In this introduction we reflect on two key questions that initiated this special issue on qualitative inquiry: What can qualitative researchers do to regain their post-paradigm-wars cache? How do we avoid distracting “science wars” in the future? We suggest that the strong tendency to narrow the res...
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doaj-9c95b3ff13484f4391f338544bccc3072020-11-25T03:46:28ZengArizona State UniversityEducation Policy Analysis Archives1068-23412014-02-0122010.14507/epaa.v22n7.20141187Qualitative Inquiry in an Age of EducationaleseGustavo Enrique Fischman0Adai Tefera1Professor of Educational Policy Arizona State UniversityPost-doctoral Researcher Arizona State UniversityIn this introduction we reflect on two key questions that initiated this special issue on qualitative inquiry: What can qualitative researchers do to regain their post-paradigm-wars cache? How do we avoid distracting “science wars” in the future? We suggest that the strong tendency to narrow the research methods accepted as “scientific” – because they adopt quantitative perspectives and are presumed a priori to be more rigorous – has created an educationalese, a narrative of rigid categories that has not necessarily contributed to more effective or persuasive educational research. The article ends by suggesting that the use of “knowledge mobilization” strategies would help to strengthen qualitative research and educational research in general.https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1592educational researchqualitative methodsknowledge mobilizationScience Wars |
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Qualitative Inquiry in an Age of Educationalese |
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In this introduction we reflect on two key questions that initiated this special issue on qualitative inquiry: What can qualitative researchers do to regain their post-paradigm-wars cache? How do we avoid distracting “science wars” in the future? We suggest that the strong tendency to narrow the research methods accepted as “scientific” – because they adopt quantitative perspectives and are presumed a priori to be more rigorous – has created an educationalese, a narrative of rigid categories that has not necessarily contributed to more effective or persuasive educational research. The article ends by suggesting that the use of “knowledge mobilization” strategies would help to strengthen qualitative research and educational research in general. |
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