Democracy, education and research: the conditions of social change

Facer, Keri, Fielding, Michael, Goodson, Ivor F. and Schostak, John F. (2012) Democracy, education and research: the conditions of social change. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-60513-7

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Abstract

The authors assess the meaning of ‘public impact’ by rethinking what is meant by a ‘public’ and how it is essential to the methodologies of education and research. They focus on and provide empirical illustrations of the use of research and educational processes in contemporary and emergent forms of social organisation, covering both the traditional forms to be found in the education system, health, community, business and the public institutions of government; as well as the emergent forms arising from innovations in information technologies