Bredo, Eric

Knowledge and Values in Social and Educational Research - Philadelphia Temple University Press 1982 - 442p

includes index and biblioraphy

Introduction : Competing modes of Social and Educational Research .................3 1. The positivistic Approach to Social and Educational Research ...........13 Explanation...28 A science of Behavior .......42 The Relevance of Psychology to the Explanation of Socialo Phenomena 53 Historical and Generalizing approaches to Sociology .............70 Selfevaluation and Performance expectations .......99 Inequalities in Educational Opportunities in the United States........85 2. The interpretive approach to Social and Educational Research ....115 3. The critical Approach to Social and Educational Research .........271

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Sociology
Positivism
Hermeneutics
Social Science

P09 / B744