TY - JOUR
T1 - Historical research in comparative education
T2 - A discussion of some methodological issues
AU - Li, Aisi
PY - 2013/7/30
Y1 - 2013/7/30
N2 - In this article the author discusses some issues with conducting historical research, rooted in her own experiences. She focuses on four main points: minimising one's own biases, choosing a suitable research question, evaluating the quality of the sources and providing a balanced interpretation of events. She argues that using a historical approach to understand an educational phenomenon is both a fact-finding process and an opportunity to revisit one's own values, and is an important way to confirm or reinterpret what we know about current educational practices.
AB - In this article the author discusses some issues with conducting historical research, rooted in her own experiences. She focuses on four main points: minimising one's own biases, choosing a suitable research question, evaluating the quality of the sources and providing a balanced interpretation of events. She argues that using a historical approach to understand an educational phenomenon is both a fact-finding process and an opportunity to revisit one's own values, and is an important way to confirm or reinterpret what we know about current educational practices.
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U2 - 10.2304/rcie.2013.8.1.17
DO - 10.2304/rcie.2013.8.1.17
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84880604102
VL - 8
SP - 17
EP - 26
JO - Research in Comparative and International Education
JF - Research in Comparative and International Education
SN - 1745-4999
IS - 1
ER -