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- Title: Policy Research and the Sociology of Education: Contributions to Understanding the Experiences of Marginalized Populations.
- Author : Journal of Thought
- Release Date : January 22, 2008
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 208 KB
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Historically, policy analysis has assisted in the country's move from an unquestioned "meritocracy" to a system that strives towards the democratic ideals of equal educational opportunity and civil rights (Boyd, 1999 p. 231). In his discussion of the paradoxes of educational policy, William Lowe Boyd explains how rather than having a strong direct effect on educational policy through problem solving and data accumulation, educational research holds greater influence indirectly through problem formation and defining alternatives to a given problem (Boyd, 1999, p. 230). The following discusses the contributions of policy research in the policy process and methodological strands in the sociology of education that facilitate application of sociology to educational research as it relates to Blacks and other marginalized groups. The Identification of Social Problems