Critical Education Research

Authors

  • Stephen Kemmis Deakin University, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56105/cjsae.v5i0.2317

Abstract

This paper makes an argument that "critical" educational research is oppositional in four senses: epistemological, cognitive, cultural and political. It utilises a critique of conventional approaches to educational research to outline five key requirements of an adequate educational science. These requirements provide a foundation for a critical approach to educational research. The paper distinguishes "critical theory" from "critical social science" and goes on to show how critical educational research is oppositional in the four senses outlined, and how it meets the suggested criteria for an adequate educational science. A program of educational research conducted by a group of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers in North East Anaheim Land (in Northern Australia) provides an example of critical educational research, in some ways demonstrating its promise in the development of educational theory and practice.

>Résumé

Cet article soutient que la recherche «critique» en éducation présente des positions antagonistes au sens épistémologique, cognitif, culturel et politique. Suite à un examen critique des approches habituellement utilisées dans la recherche en éducation, l'article dégage cinq conditions essentielles à une véritable science de l'éducation. Ces conditions constituent les fondements d'une approche critique de la recherche en éducation. L'article distingue d'abord théorie critique et science de la critique sociale, puis il inontre en quoi la recherche «critique» en éducation présente des positions antagonistes et en quoi elle satisfait aux conditions essentielles qui ont été dégagées. Un programme de recherche en éducation mené par un groupe de chercheurs/es aborigènes et non-aborigènes de North East Arnheim Land (au nord de l'Australie) donne un exemple de recherche critique en éducation tout en démontrant, d'une certaine façon, ce qu'elle a de prometteur dans le développement de la théorie et de la pratique en éducation.

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Published

1991-01-01

How to Cite

Kemmis, S. (1991). Critical Education Research. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 5, 94–119. https://doi.org/10.56105/cjsae.v5i0.2317

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Vol. 5 (1991): Special issue: Critical Social Theory and Adult Education

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