RSE4801
Assignment 5
DUE: 3 November 2025
, Student Name: [Your Name]
Student Number: [Your Student Number]
Module:RSE4801 - Research in Education Assignment:
Assignment 5
Due Date: [Insert Date]
Title: The Relationship Between Philosophical Assumptions and Methodological
Choices in Educational Research
Word Count: 2,847 words (excluding title page and references)
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, Table of Contents
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3
2 Section 1: Clarifying Key Philosophical Terms ...................................................................................... 4
3 Section 2: Major philosophical positions and method mapping .......................................................... 5
3.1 Positivism and Post-Positivism ...................................................................................................... 5
3.2 Interpretivism and Constructivism................................................................................................ 6
3.3 Critical and Transformative Paradigms ......................................................................................... 7
3.4 Pragmatism and Mixed Methods .................................................................................................. 8
4 Section 3: Linking aims to worldview to method .................................................................................. 8
4.1 Example 1: Quantitative Post-Positivist Study .............................................................................. 9
4.2 Example 2: Qualitative Interpretivist Study .................................................................................. 9
4.3 Example 3: Transformative Mixed Methods Study ..................................................................... 10
5 Section 4: Quality, ethics, reflexivity, and limitations ......................................................................... 11
5.1 Quality and Trustworthiness ....................................................................................................... 11
5.2 Ethics and Axiology ..................................................................................................................... 12
5.3 Reflexivity .................................................................................................................................... 13
5.4 Limitations................................................................................................................................... 13
6 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 13
7 References (APA 7).............................................................................................................................. 15
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Assignment 5
DUE: 3 November 2025
, Student Name: [Your Name]
Student Number: [Your Student Number]
Module:RSE4801 - Research in Education Assignment:
Assignment 5
Due Date: [Insert Date]
Title: The Relationship Between Philosophical Assumptions and Methodological
Choices in Educational Research
Word Count: 2,847 words (excluding title page and references)
1|Page
, Table of Contents
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3
2 Section 1: Clarifying Key Philosophical Terms ...................................................................................... 4
3 Section 2: Major philosophical positions and method mapping .......................................................... 5
3.1 Positivism and Post-Positivism ...................................................................................................... 5
3.2 Interpretivism and Constructivism................................................................................................ 6
3.3 Critical and Transformative Paradigms ......................................................................................... 7
3.4 Pragmatism and Mixed Methods .................................................................................................. 8
4 Section 3: Linking aims to worldview to method .................................................................................. 8
4.1 Example 1: Quantitative Post-Positivist Study .............................................................................. 9
4.2 Example 2: Qualitative Interpretivist Study .................................................................................. 9
4.3 Example 3: Transformative Mixed Methods Study ..................................................................... 10
5 Section 4: Quality, ethics, reflexivity, and limitations ......................................................................... 11
5.1 Quality and Trustworthiness ....................................................................................................... 11
5.2 Ethics and Axiology ..................................................................................................................... 12
5.3 Reflexivity .................................................................................................................................... 13
5.4 Limitations................................................................................................................................... 13
6 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 13
7 References (APA 7).............................................................................................................................. 15
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