1. Dr. Kakali Bhattacharya For Educational Psychology Colloquium
Madonna re-invented! Can that be a qualitative framework? Application of theoretical frameworks in qualitative research.
Dr. Kakali Bhattacharya
Educational Research
For Educational Psychology Colloquium
October 6, 2006

2. Express your reaction to the various representations of Madonna in a
Madonna Over the Years
Express your reaction to the various representations of Madonna in a
physical manner, as if you are a human sculpture. Have fun, be creative!
Anything goes!

3. Iterative process of qualitative inquiry
Epistemology, Theory, Methodology, & Methods
Epistemology
Theory
Iterative process of qualitative inquiry
Representation
Methodology
Analysis

4. Terrain of Qualitative Research
Purpose of Qualitative Research
Understand
Emancipate
Deconstruct
Interpretive
Naturalistic
Constructivist
Phenomenological
Hermeneutic
Critical
Feminist
Praxis-oriented
Educative
Freirian participatory action research
Gay & Lesbian Theories
Poststructural
Postmodern
Post-paradigmatic
Diaspora
Postcolonial
Terrain of Qualitative Research
Portions modified from Lather, P. (1991), Getting Smart. Routledge: NY

5. Understanding Various Paradigms
Positivist
Interpretivist
Critical Theory
Deconstructivist
Reality is object and “found”
Truth is one. Discourse is structured and transparent, reflecting reality.
What is true? What can we know? Knowing the world
Reality is subjective and constructed
Truth is many
Discourse is dialogic and creates reality
What is heuristic? What can we understand?
Reality is subjective and constructed on the basis of issues of power
Truth is many, and constitutes a system of socio-political power
Discourse is embedded in (and controlled by) rhetorical and political purpose
What is just? What can we do? Changing the world.
Reality is ultimately unknowable; attempts to understand reality subvert themselves
“Truths” are socially constructed systems of signs which contain the seeds of their contradiction.
Contingent, deferred meanings
What constitutes truth? Critiquing the world.

6. Complete the following…
If this research paradigm were a
Food item, it would be….
Television show, it would be….
Sport, it would be…
Celebrated figure, it would be…
Drink, it would be…
Movie, it would be…

7. Alignment
How do I view the world? Reality? Truth? Knowledge? Rationality?
What matters to me most? Why does it matter?
The purpose of my research study is
Research questions
Theoretical framework
Research design
Data collection methods
Data analysis
Data representation
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EDPR 8562

8. Concluding Thoughts What are you walking away with today?
Dr. Kakali Bhattacharya
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