Abstract
This paper, based in part on the work of Thomas Kuhn, argues that most research efforts relative to rural/small schools are based in "normal science" which means research firmly based upon previous scientific achievements; a kind of stockpiling of knowledge, that supplies the foundation for further practice. This preconceived reality of researchers attempts to force the nature of rural/small schools into a relatively inflexible box. A case is presented that at best this body of knowledge represents an approximated reality.
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Dobson, R. L. & Dobson, J. E., (1990) “Toward an Alternative Research Paradigm for Small/Rural Schools: Beyond an Approximated Reality”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 6(3), 27–31.
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