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Status of Research on Education in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

Lloyd E. McCleary
Lloyd E. McCleary*
Affiliation:
University of Illinois
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THE TASK OF DRAWING TOGETHER USEFUL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT RESEARCH on problems of education in Latin America is at once an attractive and a disagreeable task. It is attractive because the kind of effort exemplified by this publication seems to imply increased attention to the need for research. It is disagreeable because of the obvious paucity of research, lack of a dynamic role for research in the educational process, disjointed and unrelated effort in the research that does exist, and misunderstanding of the nature of research and its function in a social field. The views expressed here are critical of research—its goals, its conduct, and the mechanisms for integrating it into educational development; but, hopefully, the observations made can be of use to enhance the research potential in this important sphere of activity.

Type
Topical Review
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , Fall 1967 , pp. 5 - 10
Copyright
Copyright © 1967 by the University of Texas Press

References

Notes

1. John W. Hanson and Cole S. Bremeck, Education and the Development of Nations, New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1966.

2. J. Buchler, Philosophical Writings of Pierce, New York: Dover, 1955, p. 18.

3. Unión Panamericana, Investigaciones Educativas en América, Washington, D. C.: 1966.

4. The Educational Research Information Center (ERIC) at the University of Illinois has agreed to accept studies not published in readily available journals and make copies available upon request. Materials may be contributed and lists of materials obtainable through the center may be requested from ERIC, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana, Illinois 61801.

5. See: Review of Educational Research, (December 1966) 86:5, devoted to methodology of educational research, and N. W. Gage (ed.), Handbook of Research on Teaching, Chicago: Rand McNally, 1963.

6. Ibid.