TY - JOUR AU - Heikkinen, Hannu L. T. PY - 2019/11/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Developing pedagogical practices under umbrellas of different colours JF - Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri. Estonian Journal of Education JA - EHA VL - 7 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.12697/eha.2019.7.2.02b UR - https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/EHA/article/view/eha.2019.7.2.02b SP - 23-39 AB - <p>The aim of this article is to introduce different ways to conceptualise approaches&nbsp;aimed at improving practices by combining practitioners’ professional work and&nbsp;research. In historical terms, the oldest of these approaches is action research which&nbsp;was introduced in the 1940’s. Thereafter, approaches combining practical work with&nbsp;academic aspirations have been conceptualised in a number of ways, such as design&nbsp;research, translational research, developmental work research (DWR) and practitioner&nbsp;research, and their numerous versions and combinations. Secondly, the purpose of&nbsp;this paper is, from a philosophical and theoretical perspective, to examine the relationship&nbsp;between theoretical and practical aims of research by integrating Aristotle’s&nbsp;classical views on epistemology with the theory of knowledge and human interests&nbsp;of Jürgen Habermas. The methodological approach of this article is a theoretical&nbsp;and philosophical analysis of the literature.</p> ER -