Prepared by the NSSE Committee on Philosophical Redirection of Educational Research.

Introduction / Harold B. Dunkel, D. Bob Gowin, Lawrence G. Thomas -- Is educational research distinctive? / D. Bob Gowin -- Explaining and understanding : the impact of science on our concept of man / Kenneth A. Strike -- Theories are tested by observing the facts : or are they? / Hugh G. Petrie -- Wanted : new paradigms and a normative base for research / Harold B. Dunkel -- Objectivity and subjectivity in educational research / Michael Scriven -- Behavioral definition of educational objectives / Ira S. Steinberg -- Individualized instruction : a projection / James E. McClellan -- Conceptions of culture and society in educational research / Brian Holmes --The life uses of schooling as a field for research / Harry S. Broudy -- A model for making and testing value judgments / Lawrence G. Thomas -- The limits of aesthetic inquiry : a guide to educational research / David W. Ecker and Eugene F. Kaelin -- Human nature and the scope of education / David Hawkins -- Autonomy : a new paradigm for research / Leonard I. Krimerman