Title: Truth and justification problem in educational administration: opinions of the academics in Turkey
Authors: Fatih Sahin
Addresses: Faculty of Education, Gazi University, Beşevler, 06500, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract: This research deals with the problem of truth and justification of belief expressions put forward in educational administration. To clarify this problem, the researcher interviewed nine academics from educational administration. Content analysis was conducted over these transcribed interviews. According to the results, beliefs put forward in educational administration must correspond to reality and produce pragmatic results for a belief to be knowledge. Still, there are also some negative criticisms on this issue. As part of the justification, it was observed that justification with fundamental beliefs and corresponding beliefs were considered essential for justification. Still, similarly, negative assessments were also made on that issue. It is expected that this study will mainly contribute to knowledge production processes in educational administration.
Keywords: truth problem; justification problem; educational administration; academics; Turkey.
International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 2023 Vol.16 No.2, pp.134 - 150
Received: 06 Apr 2021
Accepted: 23 May 2022
Published online: 03 Apr 2023 *