analytical pluralism

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Analytical pluralism is the deliberate adoption of several distinct, but complementary, analytical frameworks to the same set of data, which me be appropriate "where the distinct perspectives may be considered to be congruous [such that] analytical pluralism provides a more inclusive interpretation of the data than is possible from any single perspective." (Taber, 2008, p.70)

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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.