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Saliha Bava, PhDSaliha Bava, PhD
Taos-Tilburg Research Topic CallTaos-Tilburg Research Topic Call
November 4, 2009November 4, 2009
Contact: [email protected]: [email protected]
A systematic process of knowledge creation
Ways to think about methodologyFraming knowledge constructionTools used in the process of knowledge
constructionNot only functions as a tool but also shapes
the knowledge that is constructedIs a process that is itself epistemologically
drivenSystematic way of creating choices and trailsMaking and managing choicesA process narrative of what was created
My Working AssumptionsHow we know what we know informs our
practices and our choices and our languageLanguage is socialOur language shapes our realities-our
constructionsReflection:What is your position on these ideas?What are your values?
Framing What We are Doing
If Nature is Constructed…
Along a Continuum…
Modern Postmodern
PARADIGM/PHILOSOPHICAL ORIENTATION
Discovery Model (Mining)………….Exploratory Model (Traveling)
Knowledge is Discovered………….Knowledge is Socially
Constructed
Positivist………...............................Hermeneutic, Post-positivist
Science-Based..…………………….Rooted in Philosophy of Science
POSITIONING OF RESEARCHER
Scientist/Expert Driven……………..Consensual Partnership Driven
Scientist is Knowing………………..Scientist is Curious
Hierarchical……………………….....Lowering Hierarchy
Predetermined Agenda……………..Evolving Agenda
Objective & Independent..………….Contextual & critical
of the knower
Foreknowledge………………………Pre-knowledge bracketed &/or
made public
Along a Continuum…
Modern Postmodern
Fact Oriented…………………………..Construction Oriented
Representational………………………Re-constructive
Extracting………………………...........Data as Conversation
Observable/Countable Data……........Includes Stories/Meanings
Directional/Replicable………………...Unique/Curiosity-Based
Questions are Diagnostic…………….Questions are Conversational
Meaning is Interpreted by Scientist….Meaning is Co-Evolved
Singular Truth of Meaning……………Multiplicity of Meaning
Findings are Universal/meta………….Findings are Localized
Implication for Research Process
Managing ChoicesPeopleTechnologyKnowledgeTimeMoneyEthicsDataInformation
CommunicationPoliticsQualityTheoryCuriosityMethodContextSelf
Source: Chenail, 2008
Goal of MethodologyDetail how the study will be/was conductedMethodology Sections
Epistemology Researcher’s Positioning Logic of using the methodology as related to the
research question Method of sample selection Method of data collection & organization Method of data analysis
Maintain Coherence within Methodology and with other elements in the research project
Methodology SectionsEpistemologyLogic of using the methodology as related to
the research question Researcher’s Positioning Who are you in relationship to the inquiry? What is your role/relationship, voice and values?
Participant selection Who are the participants? How were they selected? Why were they selected (your strategy)?
Methodology Sections Cont….Data collection process
What were the preparation steps for data collection? What tools were used in/for data collection How was it organized, saved and accessed? Who collected data? What were the shifts in data collection?
Method of data analysis How was the data prepared? By whom? What software was used (if used)? What role did the participants play?
Data trustworthiness (Instilling reader confidence)
What are the ways to track your path? What are the trails? Why you followed the trail you followed?
Become a connoisseur of methodologies and methods
-Chenail, 2007
