Open AccessThrough the looking glass: methodological features of research of alternative schools
Author(s) -
Snježana Dubovicki,
Tomislav Topolovčan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revija za elementarno izobraževanje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2350-4803
pISSN - 1855-4431
DOI - 10.18690/rei.13.1.55-71.2020
Subject(s) - positivism , context (archaeology) , field (mathematics) , educational research , research methodology , epistemology , sociology , mathematics education , management science , research method , engineering ethics , computer science , pedagogy , psychology , engineering , mathematics , history , philosophy , archaeology , population , demography , pure mathematics , business administration , business
On the basis of the analysis of the general characteristics of alternative schools and the methodology of pedagogical research, the comparison and synthesis of the obtained facts were formed. It is pointed out that in the field of pedagogy, the adoption of (positivist) methodology has become a global trend. It emphasizes the uncritical application of research tools from the corpus of quantitative methodology in research of specific educational problems, as well as in research of alternative schools in which the context of the research is significantly different than the one of the conventional public schools.