Issues in education research: problems and possibilities

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Introduction: The Improvement of Education Research: A Complex, Continuing Quest - E. Lagemann & L. Shulman EDUCATION RESEARCH AS A PROBLEM IN THE HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION An Auspicious Moment for Education Research? - E. Lagemann Research and Purposes of Education - D. Cohen & C. Barnes Poles Apart: Reconciling the Dichotomies of Education Research - T. Mitchell & A. Haro Needed: Thoughtful Research for Thoughtful Schools - D. Meier CHANGING CONFIGURATIONS IN EDUCATION AND SOCIAL RESEARCH Sociology and the Study of Education: Continuity, Discontinuity, and the Individualist Turn - C. Bidwell From Society to School and Back Again: Questions about Learning in and for a World of Complex Organizations - E. Clemens Understanding Educational Processes in an Era of Globalization: The View from Anthropology and Cultural Studies - K. Hall EDUCATION RESEARCH AS A VOCATION Professing Educational Scholarship - L. Shulman The Core, the Canon, and the Development of Research Skills: Issues in the Preparation of Education Researchers - A. Shoenfeld Discipline and Disciplines in Education Research-Elusive Goals? - S. Heath Culture and Commitment: Challenges for the Future Training of Education Researchers - V. Walker Preparing Education Practitioners to Practice Education Research - A. Neuman, et al THE ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNICATION OF EDUCATION RESEARCH The Changing Infrastructure of Education Research - A. Collins Research, Reform, and Aims in Education: Modes of Action in Search of Each Other - J. Greeno, et al New Media Communications Forums for Improving Education Research and Practice - R. Pea Multiples of Evidence, Time, and Perspective: Revising the Study of Teaching and Learning - D. Ball & M. Lampert Postscript: Some Reflections on Education Research - J. Bruner.