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Liz Thackray

Grounded Theory Institute - 0 views

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grounded theory methodology

shared by Liz Thackray on 22 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Liz Thackray on 22 Dec 10
     
    The Grounded Theory Methodology of Barney G. Glaser, Ph.D - Home
  • Liz Thackray on 22 Dec 10
     
    Lots more on grounded theory
Liz Thackray

Index of learning theories and models - 5 views

www.learning-theories.com

learning theories

shared by Liz Thackray on 26 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Liz Thackray on 26 Jan 11
     
    comprehensive list of learning theories neatly categorised
Heather Davis

http://metatheoria.com.ar/Index.php/m/article/viewFile/32/16 - 5 views

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philosophy methodology metatheory

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  • Heather Davis on 06 Jan 11
     
    The nature and structure of scientific theories, Moulines, 2010
  • Ailsa Haxell on 09 Jan 11
     
    Thanks for posting this Heather, I found it useful in clarifying what is/isnt theory, and differentiating between theories that get referred to as weak or strong
Jane Davis

YouTube - Grounded Theory - Core Elements. Part 1 - 0 views

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grounded theory PhD youtube

shared by Jane Davis on 03 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Jane Davis on 03 Jan 11
     
    Very straightforward introduction to Grounded Theory in standard lecture mode
Jane Davis

YouTube - Grounded theorists and some critiques of grounded theory - 0 views

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grounded theory PhD

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  • Jane Davis on 03 Jan 11
     
    A simple outline of criticisms of grounded theory. Mainly a lack of practicality for Phd students, institutional requirements and non-adherence
E Jackson

Positivism & Post-Positivism - 1 views

www.socialresearchmethods.net/...positvsm.php

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  • Positivism & Post-Positivism
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      E Jackson on 23 Dec 10
       
      This has been a useful short article for me - research philosophy is something that I "struggle" to get to grips with. Decided to spend Xmas trying(!) to understand it all...
  • The purpose of science is simply to stick to what we can observe and measure. Knowledge of anything beyond that, a positivist would hold, is impossible.
  • We use deductive reasoning to postulate theories that we can test.
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  • The positivist believed in empiricism -- the idea that observation and measurement was the core of the scientific endeavor.
  • post-positivism is a wholesale rejection of the central tenets of positivism
  • One of the most common forms of post-positivism is a philosophy called critical realism.
  • Positivists were also realists. The difference is that the post-positivist critical realist recognizes that all observation is fallible and has error and that all theory is revisable.
  • the critical realist is critical of our ability to know reality with certainty
  • Because all measurement is fallible, the post-positivist emphasizes the importance of multiple measures and observations, each of which may possess different types of error, and the need to use triangulation across these multiple errorful sources to try to get a better bead on what's happening in reality.
  • The post-positivist also believes that all observations are theory-laden and that scientists (and everyone else, for that matter) are inherently biased by their cultural experiences, world views, and so on.
  • post-positivism rejects the relativist idea of the incommensurability of different perspectives, the idea that we can never understand each other because we come from different experiences and cultures.
  • Most post-positivists are constructivists who believe that we each construct our view of the world based on our perceptions of it. Because perception and observation is fallible, our constructions must be imperfect.
  • Post-positivists reject the idea that any individual can see the world perfectly as it really is. We are all biased and all of our observations are affected (theory-laden). Our best hope for achieving objectivity is to triangulate across multiple fallible perspectives!
Jeffrey Keefer

From activity to learning: using cultural historical activity theory to model school li... - 3 views

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CHAT phdchat methodology qualitative research activity theory

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  • Jeffrey Keefer on 06 Mar 11
     
    Research project on using CHAT, Cultural Historical Activity Theory, in a project about library programmes, showing the steps in using the methodology.
Liz Thackray

Vygotsky - 3 views

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vygotsky special education activity theory

shared by Liz Thackray on 16 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Liz Thackray on 16 Jan 11
     
    Useful for anybody looking at activity theory. Links to many relevant papers by other specialists in the field
Bex Hewett

Synopsis of "That's Interesting!" by Murray Davis - 0 views

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theory building PhD

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  • Bex Hewett on 22 Dec 10
     
    Paper about what makes a social theory "interesting" from 1971
Jane Davis

groundedtheoryforhcic2010-muller-100226235130-phpapp02 - 1 views

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grounded theory PhD Glaserian Straussian

shared by Jane Davis on 22 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Jane Davis on 22 Dec 10
     
    Really interesting slides that explore differing approaches to the Grounded Theory method
Liz Thackray

Towards the regeneration of British sociology of education - 1 views

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sociology of education critical theory'

shared by Liz Thackray on 20 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Liz Thackray on 20 Sep 11
     
    Useful and challenging overview from David Mellor. Interesting points on critical theory.
Jane Davis

The Literature Review and Grounded Theory - 1 views

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grounded theory theses PhD lit review

shared by Jane Davis on 21 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Jane Davis on 21 Dec 10
     
    Useful reassurance that doing the lit review after the research is appropriate in GT methods
Jane Davis

Grounded Theory is the Study of a Concept - 1 views

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PhD grounded theory

shared by Jane Davis on 21 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Jane Davis on 21 Dec 10
     
    Move away from descriptive levels and get the concept ...
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