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Research Communities, The White Paper Chase and a New Research Ecumenism
Author(s) -
Wilcox B.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192860120101
Subject(s) - educational research , sociology , white paper , government (linguistics) , public relations , white (mutation) , period (music) , political science , social science , pedagogy , law , aesthetics , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Abstract The period when the British Educational Research Association (BERA) was founded was one in which there was an increasing recognition amongst the research community that a wind of change had stirred up the settled traditions of educational research. It was a time which celebrated the promise of alternative paradigms for research. Ten or so years on we are entering another era where the emphasis is not on the reconceptualisation of what research is but on how it is organised. I think one can discern at least two factors, not wholly separate from each other, that will increasingly influence how a substantial part of research will be organised. These two factors are the changes which have taken place in the composition of the research community and the direction of current Government policy concerning the school system. I aim to show how these are leading to a fruitful form of collaborative research at local level which should be encouraged and supported —not least by BERA.