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| Erickson, Frederick | 1 |
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Peer reviewedErickson, Frederick – Educational Researcher, 1992
Argues that the clinical trial paradigm is the wrong model for educational research. Interpretive case study research suggests that the best thing policymakers can do for educational improvement is to give local educators and school communities more freedom and funding to work out their own ways to improve practice. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Educational Theories
