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A systematic process of knowledge creation
Saliha Bava, PhD
Taos-Tilburg Research Topic Call
November 4, 2009
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Ways to think about methodology
Framing knowledge construction
Tools used in the process of knowledge construction
Not only functions as a tool but also shapes the
knowledge that is constructed
Is a process that is itself epistemologically driven
Systematic way of creating choices and trails
Making and managing choices
A process narrative of what was created
My Working Assumptions
How we know what we know informs our practices and
our choices and our language
Language is social
Our language shapes our realities-our constructions
Reflection:
What is your position on these ideas?
What are your values?
Framing What We are Doing
Methodology
: How we study
Ontology:
What is the
nature
Epistemology:
How we know what we
know
If Nature is Constructed…
Methodology
: How we study
Epistemology
: How we know
what we know
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
Implication for Research Process
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
Managing Choices
People
Communication
Technology
Politics
Knowledge
Quality
Time
Theory
Money
Curiosity
Ethics
Method
Data
Context
Information
Self
Source: Chenail, 2008
Goal of Methodology
Detail how the study will be/was conducted
Methodology 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 Sections
Epistemology
Logic 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