March 30…Pring: Ed. Research, Rigor/Quality and Action Research (updated 3-24-2020)

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Pring raises a lot of interesting questions about just how objective we can hope to be with social science/educational research and, consequently, about the potential worth or these sorts of inquiry. He also sees action research as a potential way to do work that matters…discuss.

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