ABSTRACT
In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions – so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands and see how their work contributes to the development of the field.
(Post)Critical Methodologies forms a chronology through the texts and concepts that span Patti Lather’s career. Examining (post)critical, feminist and poststructural theories, Lather’s work is organized into thematic sections that span her 35 years of study in this field. These sections include original contributions formed from Lather’s feminism and critical theory background. They contain her most cited works on feminist research and pedagogy, and form a collection of both early and recent writings on the post and post-post, with a focus on critical policy studies and the future of post-qualitative work.
With a focus on the implications for qualitative inquiry given the call for scientifically based research in education, this compelling overview moves through Lather’s progressive thoughts on bridging the gap between quantitative and qualitative research in education and provides a unique commentary on some of the most important issues in higher education over the last 30 years. This compilation of Lather's contribution to educational thinking will prove compelling reading to all those engaged in student learning in higher education worldwide.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|63 pages
Forewords
chapter 3|24 pages
The validity of angels
part II|7 pages
Forewords
chapter 10|21 pages
Paradigm proliferation as a good thing to think with
chapter 13|8 pages
(Post)feminist methodology
part III|95 pages
Forewords
chapter 16|16 pages
Critical frames in educational research
chapter 19|16 pages
This IS Your Father’s Paradigm
chapter 21|12 pages
What kind of science for what kind of politics?
part IV|4 pages
Forewords