Consider a research topic of interest in Education. When selecting a research approach to this topic, what would you identify as the major strengths and criticisms of the scientific method and each of the three alternative approaches to research (the normative, interpretive and critical approach)? Which approach would you select to address your topic, and why? (500 words).

A). Consider a research topic of interest in Education. When selecting a research approach to this topic, what would you identify as the major strengths and criticisms of the scientific method and each of the three alternative approaches to research (the normative, interpretive and critical approach)? Which approach would you select to address your topic, and why? (500 words).

B). A researcher wants to conduct a study to find out how much adolescents know about sexually transmitted infections. To what extent will this study be constrained by legal and/or ethical considerations? What will these constraints be and how will they limit the researchers ability to investigate adolescents knowledge of sexually transmitted infections? What should the researcher do to protect the human subjects? (500 words).

C). Identify two major theoretical frameworks as they relate to your research topic. Explain how these two different philosophical standpoints lead to different methodological (quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods) approaches to the research. Provide examples of how each of the approaches (epistemological and ontological) has contributed to educational research. (500 words).

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