Thinking about Research in Continuing Education: A Meta-theoretical Primer

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  • Scott McLean
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Every approach to conducting research in continuing education involves background assumptions about the nature of what is being studied, the means through which one can acquire knowledge, and the purpose of the research process itself. Although often not explicitly declared, these assumptions have a significant bearing on the choice of research questions, the methods employed to investigate those questions, the relationship between researchers and the subjects of their investigation, and the integration of research findings into communities of scholars and practitioners. The goal of this article is to promote awareness of the range of alternative possible approaches to conducting research in continuing education. It pursues this goal in three stages. First, it compares and contrasts the three predominant world-views in which modern social scientific research has typically been grounded in Canada: RÉSUMÉ Toute approche pour effectuer des recherches en éducation permanente comprend des suppositions d’arrière-plan sur la nature de ce qui est étudié, sur les moyens par lesquels on acquiert des connaissances ainsi que sur le but de la recherche elle-même. Bien que ce ne soit pas souvent explicitement déclaré, ces suppositions ont une incidence importante sur le choix des questions de recherche, sur les méthodes utilisées pour examiner ces questions, sur la relation entre les chercheurs et les sujets de leurs études ainsi que sur l’intégration des résultats de recherche dans les communautés de chercheurs et de praticiens. Le but de cet article est de favoriser la connaissance du nombre d’approches alternatives possibles pour effectuer des recherches en éducation permanente. Afin de réaliser ce but, l’auteur passe par trois

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تاریخ انتشار 2001