Improving education through research? From effectiveness, causality and technology to purpose, complexity and culture

Policy Futures in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 194-210

  Biesta, Gert ^a,b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ArtEZ Institute of the Arts   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causality; Complexity; Culture; Educational improvement; Effectiveness; Purpose; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958154636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14782103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1478210315613900     Document Type: Article

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