Is scientific positivism, long the reigning paradigm for research in the social sciences, the `best way' to conduct social research? This is the central question examined in The Paradigm Dialog. Recently three key challenges have appeared - positivism, critical theory and constructivism. All three offer researchers new methodological approaches and all three present fundamental questions that must be addressed. Can research be conducted between paradigms? Are they equally useful in answering questions of applied research? What constitutes good or ethical research in each? These and other significant questions are examined by a multidisciplinary group of leading figures in qualitative research.
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An extremely helpful overview of the terrain of social science research. Even if you're wed to a particular culture of inquiry or methodology, start here. Also recommended is "Mindful Inquiry in Social Research" by Shapiro and Bentz. Armed with both, you'll be at a great starting place.
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interpretivist knowledge, alternative paradigms conference, ethnographic strand, properly done study, alternative paradigm research, goodness criteria, inquiry cycle, conventional inquiry, inquiry framework, constructivist inquiry, educational inquiry, metaphysical paradigm, inquiry paradigms, critical multiplism, constructivist methodologies, metatheoretical assumptions, critical science, paradigm dialog, knowledge accumulation, critical social science, paradigmatic assumptions, regulative ideal, constructivist paradigm, tearoom trade, emergent paradigms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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It is not surprising that most persons asked to define the term paradigm are unable to offer any clear statement of its meaning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
interpretivist knowledge, alternative paradigms conference, ethnographic strand, properly done study, alternative paradigm research, goodness criteria, inquiry cycle, conventional inquiry, inquiry framework, constructivist inquiry, educational inquiry, metaphysical paradigm, inquiry paradigms, critical multiplism, constructivist methodologies, metatheoretical assumptions, critical science, paradigm dialog, knowledge accumulation, critical social science, paradigmatic assumptions, regulative ideal, constructivist paradigm, tearoom trade, emergent paradigms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Yvonna Lincoln, United States, Egon Guba, Tully River Blacks, Van Maanen, Alan Peshkin, Clifford Geertz, Denis Phillips, Indiana University, Shulamit Reinharz, Brandeis University, Graduate Center, Holmes Group, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Street Corner Society, World War New!
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- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn on page 126, and page 153
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The American Classic, in Words and Photographs, of Three Tenant Families in the Deep South by Walker Evans on page 160, and page 164
- Fourth Generation Evaluation by Egon G. Guba in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Michel Foucault by Hubert L. (Hubert Lederer) Dreyfus in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Naturalistic Inquiry by Yvonna S. Lincoln in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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