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Critique of Traditional Models of Research
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ABSTRACT
Researchisconventionallythoughttobethemeansof systematicallydiscoveringtruthsabouttheworld.Its characteristicsarethatitisconductedinasystematicand controlledway,thatitisempiricalinthesensethatits resultsmustbeexperientiallyvalidated,andthus continuallyopentorefutationormodification(Cohenand Manion,1985).Thisconventionalportrayal,whichdefines thenatureofresearchinthenaturalsciences,isavery powerfulone.Ithastendedtobeseenasthenormtowhich allresearch,includingeducationalresearch,shouldaspire. Wewillcharacterizeitasthenaturalscienceparadigm.
