Thursday, September 15, 2011

QR=P.O.E.M.

A helpful link to help me focus:
http://psychsoma.co.za/qualitative_inquiry_growt/ontology-epistomology-paradigm/

P-aradigm
O-ntology
E-pistemology
M-ethodological

"It is important that there is a fit between the research design and the researcher, with regard to (p. 36):



1.Paradigm—what is the basic belief system or world view of the researcher that defines the nature of her/his world, the individual's place within it and the range of p[possible relationships?


2.Ontology—what is the form and nature of reality and what is there to be known?


3.Epistemology—what is the relationship between the researcher and the would be 'knower' and what can be 'known' about it?


4.Methodological—how can the researcher go about finding out what s/he believes can be known?"


Goulding, C. 2002. Grounded Theory—a practical guide for management, business and marketing researchers. London: SAGE.

My P.O.E.M.....again and again.
P: I am here as a novice online teacher learning from exemplary online teachers at WizIQ. It is a unique perspective I would like to take because there is no other way I can view the recorded classes--I am primarily here to examine how they do online teaching therefore describe the  nature of teaching presence in these live classes. I am not here as an ESL learner nor an ordinary teacher.  I have a clear purpose to capture the online teaching happening and interpret it from the point of view of a novice online teacher.

O: What I want to know is the TP that happens in a synch platforms. What has been studied in TP is based on asynch platforms therefore I ask: What is TP like in synch platforms? 

Then hunches here after a few recordings:
Is TP just about the teacher? Why does it feel like TP-LP both among teachers and learners. Could it be that: TP-------------LP  as a range of online behaviors, actions and interactions among teachers and learners which eventually make for TP----LP in synchronous classes? TP cannot be viewed in isolation in synch classes then.

E: Why is my E similar to P?  :(

M: See my revised research proposal for the  UPOU Faculty Research Grant .




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