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Asking Different Questions: Critical Analyses and Reading Research
Author(s) -
Edmondson Jacqueline
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
reading research quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1936-2722
pISSN - 0034-0553
DOI - 10.1598/rrq.37.1.5
Subject(s) - reading (process) , critical reading , educational research , psychology , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , linguistics , philosophy
The author describes two research frames—functionalist research and critical analyses—focusing on the different questions they raise. Her purpose is to suggest that reading researchers must extend the tendency to conduct policy‐driven research toward critical and pragmatic questions about reading education, research, and policy. [Note: This article is reprinted in Reading Education Policy . www.reading.orgpublicationsbbvbooksbk568 ]