RSE4801 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 - DUE 7 August 2025

,RSE4801 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 - DUE 7
August 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. POSITIVISM
2.1 Ontological Assumptions
2.2 Epistemological Assumptions
2.3 Methodological Implications
2.4 Relevance to Education
3. INTERPRETIVISM
3.1 Ontological Assumptions
3.2 Epistemological Assumptions
3.3 Methodological Implications
3.4 Relevance to Education
4. CRITICAL THEORY
4.1 Ontological Assumptions
4.2 Epistemological Assumptions
4.3 Methodological Implications
4.4 Relevance to Education
5. POSTMODERNISM
5.1 Ontological Assumptions
5.2 Epistemological Assumptions
5.3 Methodological Implications

, 5.4 Relevance to Education
6: CRITICAL REALISM
6.1 Ontological Assumptions
6.2 Epistemological Assumptions
6.3 Methodological Implications
6.4 Relevance to Education
7. DECOLONIALITY
7.1 Ontological Assumptions
7.2 Epistemological Assumptions
7.3 Methodological Implications
7.4 Relevance to education
8 conclusion and paradigm evaluation
REFERENCES



Understanding Research Paradigms in Education
1. Introduction
Research in education is guided by philosophical assumptions
that shape the way scholars understand reality, knowledge,
and methods of inquiry. These assumptions are encapsulated
in what are known as research paradigms. Each paradigm
reflects a distinct worldview, including how we perceive reality
(ontology), how we come to know things (epistemology), and
how we approach the research process (methodology). This