SWP 538 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Dialectic, Social Reality, Discourse Analysis
17 Sep 2018
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Paradigm: set of basic beliefs that represents a worldview that defines to us the natural of the world, our place in it, & possible relationship to that world & its part. Includes: basic assumptions, important question to be answered or puzzles to be solved. : examples of what good scientific research looks like. Do research with community, not for community. Paradigm will help you connect your research with community. Seeks to question nature & form of reality. Study of values & how they affect what we research. How does one go about finding out what can be known. Truth is negotiable, multiple, fluid(cid:582)no one truth. Co creation of knowledge(cid:582)everyone has their own knowledge, uild on ea h other"s knowledge/ experiences: knowledge is situational & contextual, fluidity of knowledge, people make their own meaning/truths everyday. Meaning is interpreted based on self-experience--- based on personal experiences. Theories can be revised based on time & space. Theories are sensitive to realities & contexts.
