EDUS703, Summer 2019

This prompt requires two post twice: 1. Write about something that the Lee discusses that you found interesting, helpful, troubling, upsetting, etc. (basically, something that you thing merits more discussion) 2. Reply to someone else's post or someone else's response to a post. Join the conversation about whatever topic you choose.

Scroll back through your posts to your May 28 blog posts…look for examples of values entering the arena of ed. research. Are these examples problematic? Are the expressions of values biased? Any other thoughts? 

On pp. 95-97 Rallis and Rossman make the case (they argue) that developing an argument is a key component of social science research. As one who works in Philosophy of Education, this language has always been reasonably comfortable for me, but I have noticed that some doc students seem to find it foreign or strange in the context of empirical research. Please reflect on how you think about "argument" and how this does or does not fit easily with your conceptions of educational research.