Lecture 10 What is Research

Lecture 10 What is Research

POSITIVISM

-Facts with a Capital FSeperation of fact from value (value freedom)
-Objectivity
-Measurement rather than argument
-The facts speak for themselves
-Causation
-Separation and control of variables
-Rigorous methodological principles

Approaches to Research

-Empiricism
-Quantitative Research
-Qualitative Research
-Subjectivism

Action Research

METHODOLOGY

Method: a way of proceeding about something in a systematic or logical manner.

Methodology: The science of method, employed in a particular activity

A logical and predefined and systematic strategy by which to undertake a research project, including methods of evaluation, schedules and stated intentions.

SOME METHODOLOGIES

HISTORICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, SEMIOTIC, COMMUNICATION THEORY, POSTCOLONIAL, PSYCHOANALYSIS , POSTMODERNIST, DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, MARXISM, FEMINISM, QUEER THEORY, GENDER STUDIES, REFLECTIVE PRACTICE, EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION, HERMENEUTICS, DATA COLLECTION, PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION THE HERMENEUTIC CIRCLE

Developed by Heidegger

Interpretation is a process designed to clarify an experience and assign meaning to it

This is aided by the hermeneutic circle which involves looking at different perspectives on events and relating individual components