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The Institute as Network: The Scottish Council for Research in Education as a Local and International Phenomenon in the 1930s
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Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education . Oct 2004 40(5-6):719-732. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Established in the late 1920s, the Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE) was a highly significant and influential institute for educational research, in both the scope and the methodology of its work, in Scotland and abroad. It was one of the first of a new kind of institution; it signalled the rise of specialized research institutes, outside the university yet closely connected to academic work and to the governing of education, across the Western world. Research Institutes are a flexible way of managing tasks and influencing policy: they appear to conform to disciplinary procedures and yet they are free to inquire and suggest policy directions. SCRE did not have a specialized staff of researchers but it did work cooperatively, as a prototype knowledge network, linking together in projects a wide range of Scottish academics, teachers and education managers. Together, they were bound in a movement for reform and experiment.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0030-9230
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 5-6
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ748494
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Descriptive
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0030923042000293733