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The Meaning of Criticality in Education Research

Reflecting on Critical Pedagogy

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Editors:
  1. Ashley Simpson

    1. Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  2. Fred Dervin

    1. Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  • Questions and criticizes the notion of criticality in education research
  • Contests the definition of criticality and explores its deficiencies
  • Provides an alternative path to dominant notions of criticality

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods (PSERM)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Beyond Impotent Criticality in Education Research?

    • Ashley Simpson
    Pages 1-19

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 223-228
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About this book

This book explores, and problematizes, what it means to be ‘critical’ in education research. Drawing together chapters from diverse global perspectives, this volume aims to stimulate dialogue about possible meanings of criticality in education research. In doing so, they question why criticality has become such an essential part of education, and what researchers expect of it. The book opens up and contests some of the deficiencies of criticality in education research: ultimately it is not a global term, but often creates a false binary between East and West. Offering an alternative trajectory to educational narratives surrounding criticality, this book will be of interest and value to scholars of critical pedagogy and comparative education. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Ashley Simpson, Fred Dervin

About the editors

Ashley Simpson is Assistant Professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China. His research specialises in intercultural education, discourse theories and methods, and critical approaches to democracy. 


Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also holds honorary and visiting professorships in Australia, Canada, China, Luxembourg, Malaysia and Sweden. He specializes in intercultural communication education, the sociology of multiculturalism and student and academic mobility.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Meaning of Criticality in Education Research

  • Book Subtitle: Reflecting on Critical Pedagogy

  • Editors: Ashley Simpson, Fred Dervin

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56009-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56008-9Published: 27 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56011-9Published: 27 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56009-6Published: 26 November 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2662-7345

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-7353

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 228

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Research Methods in Education

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