Tag: Epistemology

Call for abstracts for our research paradigms handbook!

Authors: Lynette Pretorius and Basil Cahusac de Caux. We are seeking chapter contributions for a forthcoming edited book titled The Researcher’s Compass: Choosing Your Paradigm, Finding Your Voice. This book aims to demystify research paradigms by offering accessible, reflective, and grounded accounts of how paradigms shape research design, practice, and identity. The book will be
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Theoretical and conceptual frameworks in research

Author: Lynette Pretorius. Frameworks in research play a crucial role in shaping the direction of a research project. They serve as the foundation upon which studies are built and analysed, offering a lens through which researchers can interpret their findings. However, they are also a source of confusion for researchers so, in this blog post,
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Demystifying research paradigms

Author: Lynette Pretorius. Let’s talk about one of the most complex parts of research – understanding the philosophical underpinnings of your worldview and how this shapes the way your research is done. This is called a research paradigm and is one of the areas I get the most frequent questions about from graduate research students.
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