Community Based Method and Methodology

Question 1

5 Qualities of CP Research

Answer 1

1) Questions may examine topics of social relevance geared in terms of action
2) Designs may tend to be AR or PAR
3) Participants may shape rules between researcher and participant
4) Processes may be political and collaborative
5) Findings may consist of follow-up (geared towards some form of social change) and be communicated innovatively and in multiple ways to suit needs of audiences

Question 2

Substantive Theorising

Answer 2

Continuous and open process grounded in a particular domain

Question 3

3 Domains of Substantive Theorising

Answer 3

1) Substantive
2) Methodology
3) Conceptual

Question 4

Substantive

Answer 4

Problem or topic in a substantive domain

Question 5

Methodology

Answer 5

Methodology which is appropriate to substantive domain

Question 6

Conceptual

Answer 6

After data is in, see what interpretations can be made

Question 7

Ontology

Answer 7

Nature of reality

Question 8

Axiology

Answer 8

Ethics and values

Question 9

4 Philosophies of Science

Answer 9

1) Positivist
2) Postpositivist
3) Constructivist (contextual and post-modernist)
4) Critical

Question 10

Epistemology of Positivist

Answer 10

Total objectivity

Question 11

Epistemology of Postpositivist

Answer 11

Knowledge is built through shared understanding

Question 12

Epistemology of Constructivisit

Answer 12

Knowledge is constructed between researchers and participants

Question 13

Epistemology of Critical

Answer 13

Knowledge shaped by social system

Question 14

Methodology of Positivist (3)

Answer 14

1) Scientific method
2) Falsification principle
3) Replicable

Question 15

Methodology of Postpositivist (3)

Answer 15

1) Emphasise cause-effect relationships
2) Hypothesis testing
3) Experiments

Question 16

Methodology of Constructivist

Answer 16

Qualitative (context, meanings, lived experiences)

Question 17

Methodology of Critical

Answer 17

Emphasis on research and action, attending to unheard voices

Question 18

Approach to Action- Positivist

Answer 18

Researchers strictly objective

Question 19

Approach to Action- Postpositivist

Answer 19

Researchers objective but little more flexible, generalisable and pragmatic solutions- e.g prevention

Question 20

Approach to Action- Constructivist

Answer 20

Collaborative, consideration of problem definiton

Question 21

Approach to Action- Critical

Answer 21

Research conducted from standpoint of those less powerful

Question 22

Procedural Ethics + Example

Answer 22

Determined by governing body as necessary to ‘protect’ participant rights (e.g. ethics proposal, informed consent, confidentiality, anonymity)

Question 23

Virtue Ethics

Answer 23

Critical awareness and appropriate response to ethical issues or tensions that are likely unexpected and extend beyond procedural ethics