DIALECTICAL RESEARCH METHODS
IN THE CLASSICAL MARXIST TRADITION – BY FAITH AGOSTINONE-WILSON
Peter Lang Publishing
Publication Date: June 17, 2013
ISBN-10: 1433117126
ISBN-13: 978-1433117121
Applicable for both qualitative and quantitative researchers
who work within a critical theory paradigm, Dialectical Research Methods
in the Classical Research Tradition utilizes Marxist principles in aiding
the design of inquiry whether at the undergraduate or graduate levels. Included
in the text are issues related to social justice, what distinguishes Marxist
research from other liberal-left paradigms, how mainstream research is used to
support imperialism, re-evaluating ethics, and various forms of data
collection. As a point of intellectual inspiration, the text will introduce
both familiar and lesser-known names of those engaged in dialectical
materialist inquiry past and present. Readers are first introduced to the
features of Marxist research, followed by an overview of how research is
currently used in academia and industry. Next, the text presents descriptions
of dialectical research from both qualitative and quantitative traditions so
that readers can access a sampling of existing inquiry. Finally, various forms
of data collection and design considerations are laid out in an accessible
manner, so that readers can begin to formulate their own research proposals.
"In the last several decades, Marxist educational
theorists and researchers have pinpointed particular deficiencies and
shortcomings in mainstream educational and social research and its postmodern
pretenders. However, until now, there has never been a systematic and sustained
critique of capitalist realism, pragmatism, and postmodernism as limiting and
constraining forces for educational researchers. Faith Agostinone-Wilson has
produced such a book, and furthermore offers an alternative vision for
education research that challenges the legitimacy, efficacy, ethical validity,
and sustainability of capitalist society and capitalist forms of education and
education research." --Glenn
Rikowski, School of Education, University
of Northampton, United Kingdom
"This is an immensely powerful, very much needed,
bombshell of a book...skilfully constructed, clearly argued, and so, so,
necessary in its critique of research and research methodologies as they
currently are. This is a lucid, penetrating and Marxist analysis and proposal
for what research should be. I loved reading this book, its call for committed
research, for dialectical materialist enquiry as research not to describe the
world but to change it. The book is stunningly good, important and necessary. I
was, and am, knocked out by it, in admiration. It more than fills what is
currently a lamentable gap in research methodology. Superb!" --Dave Hill, Research Professor in Education,
Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford and Cambridge, England; Chief
Editor, The Journal for Critical
Education Policy Studies
About the Author
Faith
Agostinone-Wilson (Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Oklahoma State
University) is an associate professor
of education at Aurora
University. She teaches
qualitative research methods and curriculum theory at the doctoral level. Past
works include Marxism and Education
Beyond Identity: Sexuality and Schooling.
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