1,761
Views
10
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Theory and research in construction education: the case for pragmatism

Pages 552-560 | Received 03 Jun 2015, Accepted 02 Feb 2016, Published online: 29 Mar 2016

References

  • Ashworth A. (2008) Developments in construction education in the UK, in Langford D. and Hughes W. (eds) (2008) Building a Discipline; the story of construction management, Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), Reading, pp. 27–36.
  • Biesta, G.J. (2013) The Beautiful Risk of education, Paradigm Publishers, London.
  • Biesta, G. and Burbules, N. (2003) Pragmatism and Educational Research, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, London.
  • Biglan, A. (1973) Relationship between subject matter characteristics and the structure and output of university departments. Journal of Applied Psychology, 57, 204–213.10.1037/h0034699
  • Bloomberg L.D. and Volpe M.F. (2008) Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Roadmap from Beginning to End Sage, London.
  • Blumer, H. (1969) Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method, University of California Press, Berkeley.
  • Boyd, D. (2011) Connecting parts to wholes in construction education and practice, in Sulbaran, T. (ed.) Procs 47th ASC Annual International Conference, 6–9 April 2011, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Omaha, NE, pp. 155–162.
  • Boyd D. and Pierce D. (2001) Implicit Knowledge in Construction Professional Practice’, 17th Annual Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), Salford, Sept, (Ed) A Akintoye
  • Brandom, R.B. (ed.) (2000) Rorty and his Critics, Blackwell Publishers, Malden, Mass.
  • Bryman, A. (1988) Quantity and Quality in Social Research, Contemporary Social Research Series: 18, Routledge, London and New York.10.4324/9780203410028
  • Creswell, J.W. (2003) Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, 2nd edn, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
  • Creswell J.W. (2007) Educational Research, 3rd edn, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
  • Dainty A. (2008) Methodological pluralism in construction management research, in Knight A. and Ruddock L. (ed.) Advanced Research Methods in the Built Environment Wiley-Blackwell, United Kingdom, pp. 1–12.
  • Denscombe, M. (1998) The Good Research Guide for Small-scale Social Research Projects, Open University Press, Buckingham.
  • Dewey, J. (1931) The development of American pragmatism, in Dewey, J. (1931) (ed.) Philosophy and civilization, Minton, Balch & Co, New York, NY, pp. 44–64.
  • Dewey, J. (1966) Democracy and Education. An Introduction to The Philosophy of Education, Free Press, New York, NY.
  • Dewey, J. and Bentley, A. (1949) Knowing and the Known, Beacon Press, Boston, MA.
  • Eisner, E.W. (1993) Reshaping assessment in education: Some criteria in search of practice. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 25(3), 219–233.
  • Franklin, U. (1992) The Real World of Technology, Anansi, Ontario.
  • Gomm R. and Woods P. (eds). (1993) Educational Research in Action, Open University Press, London.
  • Haack, S. and Lane, J. (2006) Pragmatism Old and New, Prometheus Books, Selected Writings.
  • Hall, M. (2011) The end of the British public university? International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 3(1), 5–10.10.1108/17561451111122570
  • Hanson K.J. (2012) How Can I Support Early Childhood Studies Undergraduate Students To Develop Reflective Dispositions? EdD thesis, Exeter University.
  • Institute of Builders (1962) The Building Management Handbook The Institute Ascot, The Institute of Builders, Ascot.
  • Knight, A.D. and Turnball, N. (2008) Epistemology., advanced research methods in the built environment, in Knight, A.D. and Ruddock, L. (eds.) Advanced Research Methods in the Built Environment, Wiley Blackwell, Oxford. ISBN: 9780000000000.
  • Kuhn T.S. (1967) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
  • Langford D. and Hughes W. (2008) Building a Discipline, the Story of Construction Management, Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), Reading.
  • Mertens, D.M. (2005) Research Methods in Education and Psychology: Integrating Diversity with Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches, 2nd edn, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
  • Newman F., Couturier L. and Scurry L. (2010) The Future of Higher Education: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Risks of the Market, Wiley Publishers, San Francisco.
  • Ramberg R. (2002) Rorty and the Instrument of Philisophy, in Peters and Paulo Ghiraldelli (eds.), Richard Rorty: Philosophy, Culture and Education Rowman & Littlefield, Boulder, Colorado, pp. 34–45.
  • Rescher, N. (2000) Realistic Pragmatism, SUNY Press, Albany.
  • Seymour D. and Rooke J. (1995). The culture of the industry and the culture of research. Construction Management and Economics, 13(6), 511–523.10.1080/01446199500000059
  • Somekh, B. and Lewin, C. (2005) Research methods in the Social Sciences, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
  • Tashakkori, A. and Teddlie, C. (eds.) (2003) Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social and Behavioral Research, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
  • Walsham, G. (1993) Interpreting Information System in Organizations, John Wiley, Chichester.
  • White, E.B. (1979) Letters and Essays of E.B. White, Harper Collins California.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.