There's a lot of depth in this article, which makes me happy, though the point of the article can be described very simply: descriptions of open scientific research in the literature focus more on practices than knowledge, and it should begin to make the shift. The authors carefully work through concepts of scholarship, responsibility and competence and draw out a theoretical framework based on sustainability education and activity theory framed for competences, linked together as "systemic levels of knowing". This framework informs the literature review and analysis of competence frameworks, with the result that "scholarship focuses on practice (and) does not suggest that reflexive and epistemic capabilities are present or in the process of being developed." The article draws a lot from Elizabeth St. Pierre and if I had to summarize the theme in a nutshell, I'd cite from here: " it cannot be a social science research methodology with preexisting research methods and research practices a researcher can apply... post qualitative inquiry encourages concrete, practical experimentation and the creation of the not yet instead of the repetition of what is."
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