Relevance of Educational Research: An Ontological Conceptualization

Educational research is repeatedly confronted with the question of its relevance. Current interpretations relevance narrowly focus on outcomes and impact research. In this essay, we propose an alternative, ontological conceptualization relevance, arguing that more at stake than impact. We characterize ontology education learning in terms people’s meaningful movements always changing world educational resides what call “ontological synchronization”—continuous attunement to happening matters hand, future being generated, including values judgments researchers themselves perpetuate society. Such synchronization, conclude, hinges a disciplinary ethical commitment principles actuality generativity. discuss such implies for