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[ProfessionalDevelopment 1963] Re: Debunking in Professional DevelopmentGeorge Demetrion george.demetrion at lvgh.orgWed Feb 13 10:43:55 EST 2008
Thanks Catherine, This is extremely well written message and goes to the heart of so much of, not only our theory, but our practice as well in terms of implicit theories in use that give shape to one's approach in teaching/learning environments. This has nothing to do with intelligence, but perspective, as well as what gets viewed within the purview of legitimacy. I sought to deal with this issue of educational theory construction in Chapter 10 of Conflicting Paradigms on Research Traditions, where I drew broadly from Mertens' perspective. http://www.amazon.com/Conflicting-Paradigms-Adult-Literacy-Education/dp/ 0805846247 Allow me to also highlight my online essay Postposivist Scientific Philosophy: Mediating Perspectives: http://www.the-rathouse.com/Postpositivism.htm which speaks to this issue. There is a great deal of work available on research traditions, which the field of adult literacy education would do well to consider both at the level of theory construction and practice, as these mutually inform each other, whether or not consciously so. George Demetrion Director of Program Operations Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford 30 Arbor Street Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 233-3853 George.Demetrion at lvgh.org www.lvgh.org TEACH. LEARN. GROW. PS, check out our weblinks http://www.lvgh.org/weblinks.html\
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