TY - BOOK AU - Bredo, Eric TI - Knowledge and Values in Social and Educational Research SN - 0877222452 U1 - P09 PY - 1982/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Temple University Press KW - Sociology KW - Positivism KW - Hermeneutics KW - Social Science N1 - 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 ER -