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"Recent studies in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science have 
seriously damaged the 'storybook image of science' (Mitroff, 1974)--an image 
that has served to legitimate the dominant conception of validation. These 
new studies, which focus on actual practices of scientists rather than on 
textbook idealizations, reveal science as a human endeavor marked by 
uncertainty, controversy, and ad hoc pragmatic procedures--a far cry from an 
abstract and severe 'logic' of scientific discovery. Validation has come to 
be recognized as problematic in a deep theoretical sense, rather than as a 
technical problem to be solved by more rigorous rules and procedures." (p. 
417).

Back again to recurring questions: What is good research? Who decides?

Reference:
Mischler, E.G. (1990). Validation in Inquiry-Guided Research: The Role of 
Exemplars in Narrative Studies. Harvard Educational Review, 60 (4), 415-442.

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This just came across the wires today, reported in the Chronicle of
Higher Education, and follows upon recent discussion about fed funding
for adult literacy education: 
 
&gt;THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S Office of Educational Research 
&gt; and Improvement will be replaced by an autonomous Academy of&nbsp;
 
&gt; Education Sciences, with the goal of infusing the beleaguered 
&gt; area of federal education research with scientific rigor, 
&gt; under legislation passed by Congress last week. President 
&gt; Bush is expected to sign the bill. 
 
There appears to be a slight error in the above. The article indicates
that the new office is to be called the Institute of Education
Sciences. Not quite sure what the difference is between an Academy and an
Institute... 
 
Cecil Smith 
 
 
M Cecil Smith, Ph.D. 
Professor of Educational Psychology 
Northern Illinois University 
DeKalb, IL 60115-2854 
(815) 753-8448 
(815) 753-8750 (fax) 
mcsmith at niu.edu 
<a href="http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~smith" eudora="autourl">http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~smith 
 
</a>&quot;Hey, that's astute, I said. Why don't we get
together and call ourselves an institute?&quot; 
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>-Paul
Simon (singer-songwriter, not the former Senator) 
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