How does the lens from which you view the world shape your approach to research inquiry?

How does the lens from which you view the
world shape your approach to research inquiry? Why is it important as a
scholar-practitioner engaged in research to acknowledge your worldview?
The Learning Resources in this first week will help you answer
these questions, and they will provide you with a foundation in the philosophy
of science that will help you appreciate various research designs and methods.
With this foundation, you will be encouraged to reflect on how your assumptions
about the acquisition of truth and the nature of the world influence your
approach to the research process.
For
this Discussion, you will identify an area of interest for a possible research
topic. As you read about the different philosophical orientations in this
week’s readings, consider if one of these orientations most closely aligns with
your worldview and a particular approach to research.
With
these thoughts in mind:
By Day 4
Post a brief description
of your topic of research interest. Next, state the philosophical orientation
that reflects your worldview and explain the epistemological and ontological
assumptions of this orientation. Then, explain how these assumptions lend
themselves to one or more research approaches.
Be sure to support your
Main Issue Post and Response Post with reference to the week’s Learning
Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.
Read a selection of your
classmates’ postings.
By Day 6
Respond to a classmate who holds a different
philosophical orientation than you and share an insight.
Note: In this course, you will submit your initial
Discussion post before you are able to view your colleagues’ posts. Click the
“Week 1 Discussion” link where you will create a Thread and submit your post.
You may choose to write your initial post in a word processing document for
copying and pasting before you click to the next screen.

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