RSE4801
Assignment 5
Open date: Thursday, 02 October 2025
Due date: Due: Friday, 3 November 2025
The Relationship Between a Researcher’s
Philosophical Assumptions and Their Method(ological)
Choices
Introduction
There are philosophical assumptions behind research in education, which
determine all choices that are made by the researcher, including the process
of defining the research questions, choosing the relevant methodologies and
methods. These assumptions constitute a worldview or paradigm that guides
the researcher in what constitutes reality, what is constituted of valid
knowledge and what is the way of getting such knowledge. One can argue,
Assignment 5
Open date: Thursday, 02 October 2025
Due date: Due: Friday, 3 November 2025
The Relationship Between a Researcher’s
Philosophical Assumptions and Their Method(ological)
Choices
Introduction
There are philosophical assumptions behind research in education, which
determine all choices that are made by the researcher, including the process
of defining the research questions, choosing the relevant methodologies and
methods. These assumptions constitute a worldview or paradigm that guides
the researcher in what constitutes reality, what is constituted of valid
knowledge and what is the way of getting such knowledge. One can argue,
