Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2014
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Education Policy Analysis Archives
Volume
22
Issue
7
Date of Submission
November 2017
Abstract
In this introduction we reflect on two key questions that initiated this special issue on qualitative inquiry: What can qualitative researchers do to regain their post-paradigm-wars cache? How do we avoid distracting “science wars” in the future? We suggest that the strong tendency to narrow the research methods accepted as “scientific” – because they adopt quantitative perspectives and are presumed a priori to be more rigorous – has created an educationalese, a narrative of rigid categories that has not necessarily contributed to more effective or persuasive educational research. The article ends by suggesting that the use of “knowledge mobilization” strategies would help to strengthen qualitative research and educational research in general.
Recommended Citation
Fischman G. E. & Tefera A. A. (2014). Qualitative inquiry in an age of educationalese. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 22 (7). http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v22n7.2014. This article is part of EPAA/AAPE’s Special Issue on Qualitative Inquiry.
Is Part Of
Publications from the Dept. of Foundations of Education