교육행정학 이론발달의 과학철학 쟁점과 관련 논점 탐구: 과학적 실재론을 중심으로

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Theories grow and evolve as they are applied and verified in real situations. In return, practices are improved further as the problems at hand are diagnosed and resolved through theoretical mechanisms. On the other hand, the development of theories in various studies is systematically carried out through academic discourse exchanges based on scientific and philosophy debates and individual scholars' truth-seeking activities within the academic community, reflecting the spirit of the times and field demands. Educational administration is no exception. The paper focuses on systematically exploring debating issues on the philosophy of science concerning the development of theory in the field of educational administration. In order to achieve this goal, the definition of theory and the open view of theory are first outlined and major issues related to the interrelationships of the foundations of the philosophy of science in the process of theory construction (false thinking about the philosophy of science, key features and main differences between scientific realism and critical realism) are comprehensively examined.

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