| Abstract: | Summary This article is divided into three parts. It begins with an overview of the historical background of educational research
as a scientific discipline which emerged in Europe towards the end of the nineteenth century and gives two definitions: the
first characterizes educational research as to its content, the second as to its functions. The second part deals, one by
one, with the national and international structures of educational research and development. The article ends with a series
of views on the prospects for educational research, deliberately looking beyond the European framework.
Original language: French
Armin Gretler Graduated in sociology at the University of Geneva and took post-graduate courses at the Bologna Centre of the Johns Hopkins
University, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and at Pittsburgh State University. Vocational education
researcher at the International Labour Office (ILO) from 1963 to 1968. Independent researcher from 1968 to 1971. Director
of the Swiss Co-ordination Centre for Research in Education (CSRE) in Aarau since 1971. Member of Parliament for the Canton
of Aargau from 1979 to 1993, member of that canton's Education Council from 1977 to 1989. Founding member of the Société suisse
de recherche en éducation and of the European educational Research Association (EERA). He has published several books and
many articles on educational research. |
