Emerging approaches in educational research :

Fenwick, Tara J.

Emerging approaches in educational research : tracing the socio-material / Tara Fenwick, Richard Edwards and Peter Sawchuk. - 1st ed. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011. - xi, 215 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.[186]-208) and index.

Introduction : why socio-materiality in education? -- Emergence and perturbation : understanding complexity science -- Complexity theory in educational research -- Contradiction and expansion : understanding cultural-historical activity theory -- Cultural-historical activity theory in educational research -- Translation and network effects : understanding actor-network theory -- Actor-network theory in educational research -- Spatiality and temporality : understanding cultural geography -- Spatial theory in educational research -- Socio-material approaches : contributions and issues for educational research.

9780415570916 (hardback) 9780415570923 (pbk.) 9780203817582 (ebook)

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Education--Research.
Education--Sociological aspects--Research.

LB1028 / .F36 2011

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