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RSE4801
ASSIGNMENT 3
Open date: Wednesday, 09 July 2025
Due date: Due: Thursday, 07 August 2025
2025
In 3000 – 3500 words, compare and contrast the ontological and epistemological
assumptions that inform and shape the research paradigms listed below. Thereafter,
explain which, amongst them, makes the strongest contribution to education and why:
o Positivism
o Interpretivism
o Critical theory
o Postmodernism
o Critical realism
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, RSE Assignment 3
Open date: Wednesday, 09 July 2025
Due date: Due: Thursday, 07 August 2025
Assignment question:
In 3000 – 3500 words, compare and contrast the ontological and epistemological
assumptions that inform and shape the research paradigms listed below.
Thereafter, explain which, amongst them, makes the strongest contribution to
education and why:
o Positivism
o Interpretivism
o Critical theory
o Postmodernism
o Critical realism
o Decoloniality
Research paradigms are ways of thinking about how we understand the world
and how we gain knowledge. Each paradigm is shaped by two key ideas:
Ontology: What is real? What does reality look like?
Epistemology: How do we know what we know? How is knowledge created?
RSE4801
ASSIGNMENT 3
Open date: Wednesday, 09 July 2025
Due date: Due: Thursday, 07 August 2025
2025
In 3000 – 3500 words, compare and contrast the ontological and epistemological
assumptions that inform and shape the research paradigms listed below. Thereafter,
explain which, amongst them, makes the strongest contribution to education and why:
o Positivism
o Interpretivism
o Critical theory
o Postmodernism
o Critical realism
0 7 6 4 0 3 1 2 2 9
, RSE Assignment 3
Open date: Wednesday, 09 July 2025
Due date: Due: Thursday, 07 August 2025
Assignment question:
In 3000 – 3500 words, compare and contrast the ontological and epistemological
assumptions that inform and shape the research paradigms listed below.
Thereafter, explain which, amongst them, makes the strongest contribution to
education and why:
o Positivism
o Interpretivism
o Critical theory
o Postmodernism
o Critical realism
o Decoloniality
Research paradigms are ways of thinking about how we understand the world
and how we gain knowledge. Each paradigm is shaped by two key ideas:
Ontology: What is real? What does reality look like?
Epistemology: How do we know what we know? How is knowledge created?
