Lynette Pretorius: Academic Language and Literacy
Lynette Pretorius: Academic Language and LiteracyThis video explains the basic relationship between research paradigm, ontology, and epistemology in academic research settings. A research paradigm explains what you believe reality is and how you think knowledge can be understood. Ontology refers to the nature of reality. Epistemology is concerned with the nature of knowledge and how we come to know something.
Read more about research paradigms here: https://www.lynettepretorius.com/the_scholars_way_blog/demystifying-research-paradigms/
An academic article about different research paradigms can be found here (free to read): https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol29/iss10/9/
To cite this article, you can use this reference: Pretorius, L. (2024). Demystifying research paradigms: Navigating ontology, epistemology, and axiology in research. The Qualitative Report, 29(10), 2698-2715. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2024.7632
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@trekon2023
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMWhat is real and are we able to know it?
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@yassorour4055
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMSimple and to the point. What a simplified explanation of such complexed terms phenomena. thank you
@israrahmad1649
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMThank you
@MDIntisarKabir
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMOntology deals with reality but epistemology deals with abstractions based upon ontological realities
@MirWajahat-lf8oi
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMThank you for such easy to understand video
@dinaafifi2730
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMThank you thank you thank you. Thank you for explaining in simple terms.
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@sbuciec4609
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMThank you for simplifying these for me😭 I can save so much time researching and writing textbook definitions which don’t help me understand 😭
@khizranwani4021
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMExcellent! I was never clear about how paradigm emerge in research , this video made it simplied.
@srutikanasaha4100
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMThank you so much! Finally I understood the concept of Ontology and Epistemology.
@shovamaharjan8169
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMI WAS PUZZLED FOR DAYS AND HERE I GET IT NOW, SIMPLY AMAZING VIDEO FOR RESEARCHERS , HATS OFF TO YOU
@abdirahmanmohamed9728
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMThanks for simplifying all the stuff I've spent hours to understand.
@Longhairedvato
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMOMG Thank you. Doctoral student here -this is key to our work yet this is so inadequately taught and it is spoken of as in assumption in academic training.
@ndinapaulus5683
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMBest simplified definitions of these complex concepts! My mind was about to explode trying to grasp the meaning on my own. Thank you so much
@rsingh2435
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMGreat video, thank you.
@sammiller9855
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMResearch Paradigm = (Ontology + Epistemology + Methodology)
Ontology: The nature of the phenomena being studied and their relationships.
Epistemology: How knowledge about the phenomena is acquired, validated, and communicated.
Methodology: The strategies, methods, and procedures used to collect, analyze, and interpret data about the phenomena.
Together, these components form a research paradigm that guides researchers in their work, shaping their approach to understanding and investigating a particular topic.
@sjoywilson
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMThis was super helpful! Thank you!
@loratoad
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMCould you also cover empiricism vs critical in the same way? Thanks!
@nadianadi378
02/22/2025 - 2:27 PMThe 3 epistemologies: I am not sure they contradict each other. I do not understand why they are three different things? In my opinion they should not be one without the other. Could someone advise/ discuss please?