The Social Science Encyclopedia, Second Edition
Although dominated by psychology, the field of educational research was once largely restricted to the general discipline of philosophy. Other disciplines, such as anthropology, economics, political science and sociology, have become increasingly prominent.
The status of education as an applied field makes it difficult to identify any specific method or conceptual domain which would single it out from other fields. For most scholars and researchers, however, the study of education has meant investigating activities related to learning, usually within the context of the schools. The problems studied and the method employed vary a great deal, depending largely on the training and background of the researchers. However, in contrast to the earlier, philosophical studies which focused on the aims of education, the prominence of the behavioural and social sciences has signalled a shift in concern to questions of means.
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