After postmodernism, a renewed critical realism—and the implications for education
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DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2018.1462509
Abstract: If postmodernism is dead, what is it that we’re seeing the end of? Its ludic sensibilities, its playful affectations, its ironies? In the face of contemporary realities that have wiped the postmodern grins from our… read more here.
Keywords: critical realism; postmodernism; renewed critical; world ... See more keywords
(Re)introducing critical realism as a paradigm to inform qualitative content analysis in causal educational research
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DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2020.1735555
Abstract: Abstract This article contributes to the debate on the empirical applications of critical realism (CR) in school effectiveness research. Researchers that endorse this research paradigm privilege intensive, over extensive, research designs, focussing, hence, in ethnographic… read more here.
Keywords: critical realism; realism paradigm; research; introducing critical ... See more keywords
Understanding Causation in Healthcare: An Introduction to Critical Realism
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DOI: 10.1177/10497323221105737
Abstract: Both healthcare providers and researchers in the health sciences are well rehearsed in asking the question ‘What could be causing this’? and examining beyond the surface of observable symptoms or obvious factors to understand what… read more here.
Keywords: health; realism; understanding causation; critical realism ... See more keywords