Abstract: In the history of philosophy of social science, there were two different dominant approaches in making sense of social science. The first approach is dubbed as humanist which claims that social life cannot adequately be studied scientifically while the second approach is dubbed as naturalist which claims that social life can be adequately studied scientifically using the methods of natural science. The problem with these two approaches is that each claims to be the only right approach. As a result, an adequate philosophy of social science is found wanting. This paper seeks to address that problem by trying to develop an adequate philosophy of social science in making sense of the following three important questions which neither the two approaches of humanism nor naturalism is capable of answering because of their assumptions. The three important questions are: First; what is the relationship between interpretation and explanation in social science? Second; what is the nature of social

• Publication Date: 26-Oct-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-032-3-133
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Abstract: With Facebook having over 1.31 billion active users worldwide, it is only logical that educators would consider integrating Facebook into education. This review article evaluates the factors educators should consider when planning to integrate Facebook in education. The factors evaluated in this article include the benefits and risks of using Facebook; the perception of teachers and students using Facebook as well as the psychological and social implications of Facebook on student engagement in learning. In all the research studies reviewed, results show that Facebook use in education was well received by students who were willing participants and that Facebook had enhanced their interest, motivation, learning attitude and engagement in learning. Facebook also has potential as a learning management system (LMS) as it has the required pedagogical, social and technological affordances for learning management. Even though the response toward using Facebook is positive in all the studies c

• Publication Date: 26-Oct-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-032-3-132
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