Reflexivity - Positionality Flashcards
How are the researchers positioned in relation to the research process in the POSITIVIST and POST-POSITIVIST paradigms?
They are disinterested scientists who aim to be fully in control of the research process.
How are the researchers positioned in relation to the research process in the CRITICAL THEORY paradigm?
They are engaged activists who aim to be mostly, but not fully, in control of the research process.
How are the researchers positioned in relation to the research process in the CONSTRUCTIVIST paradigm?
The researchers are also participants/facilitators of the research process. They, as well as the research participants, are explicitly part of the research process.
Which is the main purpose of the researchers in the POSITIVIST and POST-POSITIVIST paradigms?
The researchers aim to generate bits of understanding. as a contribution to progressing the edifice of knowledge = valuable in itself.
Which is the main purpose of the researchers in CRITICAL THEORY paradigm?
The researchers aim to generate bits of understanding in order to achieve emancipation from oppression/injustice. The later makes the process of knowledge construction valuable, not the understanding for the sake of understanding but the research objectives of transformation and empowerment.
Which is the main purpose of the researchers in
the CONSTRUCTIVIST paradigm?
The researchers aim to generate bits of understanding in order to achieve a better understanding of time/place bound through a better articulation of the research participants point of view.
Which is the role of values/researcher characteristics in the research process in POSITIVISM and POST-POSITIVISM paradigms?
Values/researcher characteristics are not and should not be part of the research process.
Which is the role of values/researcher characteristics in the research process in the CRITICAL THEORY and the CONSTRUCTIVIST paradigms?
Values/researcher characteristics are explicitly part of the research process.
Which role does self-reflexivity play in the POSITIVIST and POST-POSITIVIST paradigms?
The researcher is not (self-)reflexive.
What is the difference between the CRITICAL THEORY and CONSTRUCTIVISM regarding self-reflexivity?
In both paradigms, the researchers are self-reflexive, but in the constructivist paradigm they aim to do it to a greater extent.
How is the relation between the voice of the researcher and the voice of the participants in POSITIVISM and POST-POSITIVISM?
The voice of the researcher dominates.
How is the relation between the voice of the researcher and the voice of the participants in CRITICAL THEORY?
The voice of the researcher dominates but often includes participants voices.
How is the relation between the voice of the researcher and the voice of the participants in CONSTRUCTIVISM?
Multiple voices dominate, shared between researcher and participants
