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In this response to Viviane Robinson’s chapter, I highlight and comment on a number of key methodological features of her Problem-Based Methodology (PBM). I focus on its conception of methodology, the nature of research problems it adopts, the view of theory appraisal it articulates, and its treatment of research generalizations. In the course of my commentary, I make a number of recommendations for the possible further development of PBM. Among these is the suggestion that the core insights of the theory of explanatory coherence could profitably be incorporated into PBM.
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Haig, B.D. (2014). Reflections on Problem-Based Methodology. In: Reid, A., Hart, E., Peters, M. (eds) A Companion to Research in Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6809-3_47
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