Emergent Paradigm: Critical Realism and Transformative Research in Educational Administration
Keywords:
critical realism, educational administration, critical inquiry, social transformationAbstract
ABSTRACT. This paper explores the prospects of using critical realism as a guiding philosophy for critical inquiry in the field of educational administration. A relatively recent philosophy in the social sciences, critical realism offers an alternative framework for researchers engaged in empirical work that is aimed at transforming undesirable social realities. As a philosophical framework, critical realism recognizes the importance of agency in research and sees social transformation as an essential outcome of research in the human sciences. LE PARADIGME EMERGEANT : RÉALISME CRITIQUE ET RECHERCHES TRANSFORMATIVES EN ADMINISTRATION SCOLAIRE. RÉSUMÉ. Ce document explore les possibilités de l’utilisation du réalisme critique comme une philosophie conductrice pour une interrogation critique dans le secteur de l’administration en éducation. Une philosophie récente en science sociale, le réalisme critique offre une alternative de démarche de travail pour des chercheurs engagés dans un travail empirique qui est destiné à transformer des réalités sociales indésirables. Comme démarche philosophique, le réalisme critique reconnaît les agencements en recherche et voit les transformations sociales comme des résultats de recherche essentiels en sciences humaines.Downloads
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Egbo, B. (2006). Emergent Paradigm: Critical Realism and Transformative Research in Educational Administration. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 40(2). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/568
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