Flashcard: Foundations of Education Science and Research — 24 carte

Erziehungswissenschaft — definition?

A field studying education and upbringing.

Pedagogy — origin?

Derived from guiding and leading a boy.

Erziehung vs Pädagogik — difference?

Erziehung is more theoretical; Pädagogik is practice-oriented.

Brenzika's three types?

Empirical science, philosophy of education, practical pedagogy.

Object of education science?

Educational influences, conditions, and effects.

Intentional education — type?

Institutionalized, formal, controlled.

Functional education — type?

Spontaneous, informal, uncontrolled.

Main tasks of education science?

Systematic, historical, and comparative education.

Ontology — address?

What exists and can be known in education.

Epistemology — investigates?

How educational knowledge is acquired and its certainty.

Methodology — concerns?

Procedures and methods for investigating educational phenomena.

Hermeneutics — role?

Understanding and interpreting educational meaning.

Hermeneutic circle — describes?

Understanding as part-whole, whole-part movement.

Case study (Kasuistik) — focus?

Detailed analysis of individual educational cases.

Empirical research — standards?

Objectivity, reliability, validity.

Experimental pedagogy — foundation?

Positivism, emphasizing observable, measurable data.

Positivism — associated with?

Auguste Comte, scientific verification, natural science methods.

Historical fluctuations — key event?

Founding of the DIPF in 1951.

Methods in education research?

Controlled experiments, field studies, questionnaires, qualitative and quantitative procedures.

Methodological pluralism — meaning?

Using diverse methods to address educational complexity.

Challenges in empirical research?

Balancing rigor with practical relevance and recognizing practitioner knowledge.

Hermeneutic approach — object?

Educational phenomena as meaningful, culturally shaped, and interpretively accessible.

Critique of hermeneutics?

Cultural bias, limited objectivity, neglect of power/ideology.

Case study steps?

Observation, documentation, interpretation.