Theodore Frick, School of Education, Indiana University at Bloomington

Faculty Member: Theodore Frick

Overview

Current Research Interests

Research Groups: My research centers around the question: How can we make learning better?

Types of Knowledge Claims about Education and their Value: Educational research is disciplined inquiry that should result in knowledge about education--i.e., educology. Nine types of knowledge claims are identified based on 1) kinds of knowing and 2) kinds of value. This typology provides a rationale for why different criteria are needed for judging adequacy of different kinds of knowledge claims about education. Furthermore, to view educology as only scientific knowledge of education is too narrow. Such a view excludes philosophical knowledge of education, historical knowledge, knowledge of methods, knowledge of design of education, and knowledge that is critical of specific educational practices, policies and programs.

Predicting Patterns in Education: Linking Theory to Practice: (50 min. presentation at Faculty Research Colloquium, Nov. 7, 2007; 50MB ). A .pdf of the full set of slides is also available (no voice, 520KB).

Teaching

Computer-Mediated Learning (R547)
Application of Research Methods to IST Issues (R690)
Research Seminar in IST (R695)

See my vita for further details. Also, I am working on the FutureMinds website project.

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