Research paradigms

Name the following paradigm

• Critical

• Pragmatic

• Art-based or Aesthetic

• Transformative

Define the research paradigm of positivism.

• A school of thought which advocates that reality is objective and measurable.

• A school of thought which believes that reality is subjective and that there is no universal truth.

• A school of thought which takes a practical approach to research advocating the use of mixed methods.

• Beliefs about the nature of being and the characteristics of reality.

Name the following paradigm:

Emphasizes people's subjective experiences which are grounded in social-historical contexts (Hesse-Biber & Leavy, 2011)

• Critical

• Constructivist

• Transformative

• Pragmatic

Define epistemology

• Beliefs about the nature of knowledge and how knowledge is acquired.

• Beliefs about the nature of being and the characteristics of reality.

• A school of thought which takes a practical approach to research advocating the use of mixed methods.

• A school of thought which believes that reality is subjective and that there is no universal truth.

Name the following paradigm:

Holds no allegiance to a particular set of rules and theories but rather suggests that different tools maybe useful in different research context.

• Critical

• Art-based or Aesthetic

• Pragmatic

• Transformative

Define ontology.

• Beliefs about the nature of knowledge and how knowledge is acquired.

• Beliefs about the nature of being and the characteristics of reality.

• A school of thought which takes a practical approach to research advocating the use of mixed methods.

• A school of thought which believes that reality is subjective and that there is no universal truth

Name the following paradigm:

Emphasizes power-rich contexts, dominant discourses, and social justice issues (Hesse-Biber & Leavy, 2011; Klein, 2000; Leavy, 2011)

• Critical

• Transformative

• Constructivist

• Pragmatic

Define the research paradigm of interpretivism.

• Beliefs about the nature of being and the characteristics of reality.

• A school of thought which takes a practical approach to research advocating the use of mixed methods.

• A school of thought which believes that reality is subjective and that there is no universal truth.

• A school of thought which advocates that reality is objective and measurable.

Name the following paradigm:

The arts are able to access that which is otherwise out of reach. Researchers value preverbal ways of knowing, including sensory, emotional, perceptual, kinesthetic, and imaginal knowledge (Chilton, Gerber, & Scotti 2015; Conrad & Beck, 2015; Cooper, Lamarque & Sartwell, 1997)

• Critical

• Pragmatic

• Art-based or Aesthetic

• Constructivist