Knowledge Capital Theory: A Critical Analysis Using Lakatos' Idea of Research Programmes

Autor/in	Williams, Daniel Grant
Titel	Knowledge Capital Theory: A Critical Analysis Using Lakatos' Idea of Research Programmes
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 53 (2023) 1, S.105-122 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Williams, Daniel Grant)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2021.1881448
Schlagwörter	Human Capital; Foreign Countries; Achievement Tests; International Assessment; Secondary School Students; Cognitive Development; Economic Development; Item Response Theory; Role of Education; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Scores; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humankapital; Ausland; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Sekundarschüler; Kognitive Entwicklung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Item-Response-Theorie; Bildungsauftrag; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	This paper introduces and uses Lakatos' idea of research programmes to summarise and critically evaluate academic discourse towards knowledge capital theory. The analysis uses rational reconstruction to formulate the components of the hardcore and protective belt of knowledge capital theory. By critically surveying the literature, it challenges the validity of the claims made by Erik Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann and the OECD that there is a causal link between cognitive development and economic growth. It concludes by stating that knowledge capital theory in its current form is degenerate and should be considered a high-risk research programme and that more sophisticated theories are required to be developed to explain current phenomena. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01