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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Macdonald, Doune
• Kirk, David
• Metzler, Michael
• Nilges, Lynda M.
• Schempp, Paul
• Wright, Jan

Titel

It's All Very Well, in Theory: Theoretical Perspectives and Their Applications in Contemporary Pedagogical Research

Ist Teil von

• Quest (National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education), 2002-05, Vol.54 (2), p.133-156

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

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Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Current debates about educational theory are concerned with the relationship between knowledge and power and thereby issues such as who possesses a "truth" and how have they arrived at it, what questions are important to ask, and how should they best be answered. As such, these debates revolve around questions of preferred, appropriate, and useful theoretical perspectives. This paper overviews the key theoretical perspectives that are currently used in physical education pedagogy research and considers how these inform the questions we ask and shapes the conduct of research. It also addresses what is contested with respect to these perspectives. The paper concludes with some "cautions" about allegiances to and use of theories in line with concerns for the applicability of educational research to pressing social issues.