: By focusing on ontology (the nature of reality), the book clarifies complex issues in research, offering a path for educators to view learning not just as a set of outcomes, but as an emergent process shaped by social, cultural, and material structures. Critical Reception
In her book , Bushra Sharar (the pen name for Dr. Bushra Connors) delivers a rigorous critical realist analysis of the modern university landscape. The work is a vital intervention for scholars seeking to move beyond the "malaise" of educational research that is often trapped between purely empirical data and subjective interpretations. Core Argument and Methodology Emergent Pedagogy in England: A Critical Realis...
The book uses the meta-theory of critical realism to explore how lecturers navigate their daily work within three contrasting higher education institutions in : By focusing on ontology (the nature of
: Sharar argues that pedagogic approaches are most distorted when they treat education as a commodity. This shift often prevents students from reformulating knowledge for themselves within their own disciplinary experiences. The work is a vital intervention for scholars