Philosophy of Education
ali karimi gildeh; alireza sadeqzadeh; mahdi sajadi; khosro bagheri
Abstract
In recent decades interpretive approaches overcome the explanatory approaches in educational researches and this fact has led some experts to consider the achieve ment of objectivity in educational research impossible. The aim of this study is to investigate the possibility of achieving objectivity in ...
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In recent decades interpretive approaches overcome the explanatory approaches in educational researches and this fact has led some experts to consider the achieve ment of objectivity in educational research impossible. The aim of this study is to investigate the possibility of achieving objectivity in empirical research in education and, subsequent to an investigation of the viewpoints of positivists, post positivists and the Reconstructionist approach, an attempt is made to answer this quetation from the perspective of the rational reconstruction of Habermas. The method of this research is deductive comparative. The findings suggest that consideration of the universal normative structures provides the educational researcher with a possibility of objectivity in interpretation. In this way, researchers can integrate approaches to interpretation with these of explanation. This secures an objectivity of reconstructive educational approach via internal impartiality; this distinguishes this approach from the positivist and post positivist approaches which invoke external impartiality research. At the end, the challenges and limitations of this type of objectivity in Educational Research have been examined and critically discussed.
S.J. Hashemi,; G.H. Ebadi
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The purpose of this research was to recognise the methods for utilizing research finding in Khuzestan organization of Eduation. To do this, 200 individual among personnel with M.A degrees and higher and B.A degrees who were familiar with research methods and also a number of Tachers-Taining center of ...
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The purpose of this research was to recognise the methods for utilizing research finding in Khuzestan organization of Eduation. To do this, 200 individual among personnel with M.A degrees and higher and B.A degrees who were familiar with research methods and also a number of Tachers-Taining center of Khuzestan province were selected through multiple random sampling method. After constructing questionnaire and its preliminary and final administration the data were analyzed by SPSS Package, version 11.5. Te data were subjected to factor analysis which yielded two factors: 1) managerial and planning factor with 30 items; and 2) decision makers-researchers interaction factors covering 28 items. These two factors were found to explain 43.017% of the variance of the factors influencing the application of research findings. The Cronbach coefficients calculated for these two factor calculated to be .745 and .758 respectively (p<.01>. Based on the results of this study, management and planning research factor points to the need for the organizational structure, research needs assessment, financial support for utilization of research findings, in order for findings to be utilized.