Abstract

KOLLER, Hans-Christoph. Fixação de fronteiras ou mudança por aproximação? Sobre a tensa relação entre teoria educacional e pesquisa empírica em educação. Educação. Porto Alegre [online]. 2012, vol.35, n.02, pp.159-168. ISSN 1981-2582.

Against the background of the debate on the relation between educational theory and empirical research on education, the author examines the following questions: 1) What is at stake? 2) What is meant by educational theory or by empirical educational research and which strengths or weaknesses are attributed to these two approaches, respectively? 3) What is the nature of the relation between these two approaches or what should it be like? And 4), which attempts have been made to link educational theory and empirical educational research? He argues that a strict demarcation between the two approaches is unproductive and that, indeed, a combination of educational-theoretical reflection and empirical research should be aimed at, based on a mutual recognition of the differences.

Keywords : Education; Educational Theory; Empirical Research on Education.

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