Research paradigms and perspectives EDL 714 Fall 2010

Agenda Welcome back!  Course overview  Mertens framework  Paradigms  Perspectives

Major paradigms  Postpositivism  Constructivist  Transformative  Pragmatic

Postpositivism  Experimental designs and procedures  Quasi-experimental designs  Correlation studies  Causal comparative  Quantitative  Randomized control trials

Constructivist  Naturalistic  Phenomenological  Hermeneutic  Symbolic interaction  Ethnographic  Qualitative  Participatory action research

Transformative  Critical theory  Neo-Marxist  Feminist theories  Critical race theory (CRT)  Freirean  Participatory  Emancipatory  Postcolonial/indigenous  Queer theory  Disability theories  Action research

Pragmatic  Mixed methods  Mixed models  Participatory

Perspectives (axes of belief) Each paradigmatic orientation can be assessed or described along the following dimensions:  Axiology (research ethics)  Ontology (nature of reality)  Epistemology (nature of knowledge)  Methodology (approach to systematic inquiry)

Sociology of… Regulation – Radical Change  The status quo  Social order  Consensus  Social integration and cohesion  Solidarity  Need satisfaction  Actuality  Transformation  Structural conflict  Modes of domination  Contradiction  Emancipation  Deprivation  Potentiality