Drawing on the assignment you wrote for Guba and Lincoln for
last night (i.e., what we need to discuss/define for you to understand the
paradigms) and the visual exercise on seeing the connections and gaps among the
constructivist, critical and PAR paradigms, what new visual would you
create?
I tried using Smart Art to create a visual, but it will not transfer to the blog.
ReplyDeleteI chose to approach this assignment by charting researching questions/articles we are familiar with that have an overlapping connection and/or questions that may fall into a gap where there is not a clearly defined paradigm.
Constructivist
1. How do teacher candidates make meaning of literacy practices in the content classrooms?
2. How do beginning elementary teachers understand and use curriculum materials for teaching reading, and how, in turn, do have these materials shaped teachers’ instruction? (Valencia, Place, Martin, & Grossman, 2006)
Critical
1. What is voice of teacher candidates around literacy practices?
2. Why are children off task? What is going on in classrooms where a majority of children as off task? (Powell, McIntyre, & Rightmyer, 2006)
Overlapping Constructivist and Critical
1. How were teacher candidates influenced by structural and social systems? (Patty’s Question)
Participatory
I think that participatory paradigm includes action research question that include the researcher and the subjects working together for a shared common goal for the community. I will share my action research project I completed two years ago with my fifth grade students here: Taking Narrative Writing to the Next Dimension: Creating Multimedia Personal Narratives. I think it would be consider participatory because it changed my practice, my students understanding of a personal narrative, and was presented as a workshop because many other teachers in the building wanted to have their students create multimedia personal narratives.
Questions that fall in “the gap” or I am unsure about
I’m thinking that questions that fall in “the gap” might be questions that have ethical issues. Also, questions that are of spiritual or phenomenological nature cannot be placed within the basic inquiry paradigms.
My new visual would involve a venn diagram. From my sketch, also not able to insert, I find that while all three purport to be dialogic, the critical theory style and the participatory style do not overlap as much as do the styles of constructivist and the participatory. In critical theory, the voice of a third person researcher. In constructivist and participatory, the voice of the "researched" is allowed to speak on behalf of themselves to some degree (primary in participatory and co-constructed in constructivist). I appreciate the way that Kristen has connected the styles to research questions. this is helpful in understanding the application of the concepts.
ReplyDeleteI am on board with the venn diagram. I will bring it in on Thursday.
DeleteLIke, Krisitn, I also wondered what types of questions lent themselves to certain styles of research.
Since the visual aspects of this question don't work in the blog, how about everyone bringing copies of their visuals to class for all of us? that would be seven copies. If you don't have access to a copy machine before Thursday, we can print it for you.
ReplyDeleteI created a schematic that was meaningful to me. After reviewing the articles and considering questions/comments in class, I tried to deal with “messy”/ blurred text. I used symbols that had meaning and attempted to illustrate shared features with a plus sign. I created a key index of components for referencing. As I played with the map, my focus evolved. I will attach a map, if unsuccessful, I will bring copies to class.
ReplyDeleteI used a venn diagram to make the connections and gaps among the constructivist, critical and PAR paradigms. I will bring the copies to class.
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