Description
Part A (800 words) – Choose 2 paradigms/theoretical perspectives (positivism & interpretivism) and compare and contrast the ontological and epistemological positions with which they are most commonly associated.
Part B (600 words) – Select one of the paradigms (positivism) you wrote in Part A and critically examine the position of this paradigm within recent educational research debates.
Part C (600 words) – focusing on the same one paradigm (positivism), discuss how confident in findings from research in this tradition ought to be evaluated and justify your response (credibility, transferability, reliability).
