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Explicit theoretical-lens specification for educational-inequality research

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Because disciplines frame inequality differently—some problematizing unequal outcomes, others unequal treatment or unequal provision—researchers should make their framing explicit. The article states "the need to explicate the lens through which the problem of inequality in education is studied," since answering "what needs to be equal to speak of equality" makes clear whether unequal treatment and/or outcomes are problematized or strived for.

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  • Explicate the theoretical lens through which educational inequality is studied: Because disciplines frame inequality differently—some problematizing unequal outcomes, others unequal treatment or unequal provision—researchers should make their framing explicit. The article states "the need to explicate the lens through which the problem of inequality in education is studied," since answering "what needs to be equal to speak of equality" makes clear whether unequal treatment and/or outcomes are problematized or strived for. (Louise Elffers et al. (2024))

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  • Louise Elffers, Eddie Denessen and Monique Volman. (2024). Combining perspectives in multidisciplinary research on inequality in education. npj Science of Learning 9:5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00215-z
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title Explicit theoretical-lens specification for educational-inequality research
description Because disciplines frame inequality differently—some problematizing unequal outcomes, others unequal treatment or unequal provision—researchers should make their framing explicit.
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