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a German term relating to interpretive understanding, and often contrasted to erklären which refers to causal explanation, which is sometimes used to describe a research tradition or stance

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Author: Keith

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