Society and Culture
Continuity and change
The nature of Social and Cultural Research Methodologies | Examine the nature and characteristics of primary and secondary research | | Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative research | | Examine the characteristics of the following:-survey-case study-participant observation-content analysis-focus group-action research-interview-questionnaire-observation-ethnographic studystatistical analysis (data analysis) | Action Research- an informal, qualitative, interpretive, reflective and experimental methodology that requires all the participants to be collaborative researchers. Action research is carried out be people who usually recognize a problem or limitation in their workplace situation and, together, devise a plan to counteract the problem, implement the plan, observe what happens, reflect on these outcomes, revise the plan, implement it, reflect, revise and so on. Action research can be though of as a spiral of planning, acting, observing and reflecting, occruing through time until the most desirable outcomes for all participants are achieved. |
The Nature of Social and Cultural Continuity and Change | Understanding continuity and change through: | Identifying the nature of social and cultural continuity and change | The concepts of continuity and change are commonly used in our society, but for many of us they are hard to define. These terms share the feature of time being a determining factor. It is the opportunity of time that allows a society to develop and modify itself to change. Likewise when we observe a particular culture or community over a period of time we can oberve clear continuities. The term 'social change' is a term used within sociology and applies to modifications in social relationships or culture (the term 'cultural change' is the term used within anthropology). Since society and culture are interdependent, 'sociocultural change' is a more accepted term. The study of sociocultural change is the
The nature of Social and Cultural Research Methodologies | Examine the nature and characteristics of primary and secondary research | | Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative research | | Examine the characteristics of the following:-survey-case study-participant observation-content analysis-focus group-action research-interview-questionnaire-observation-ethnographic studystatistical analysis (data analysis) | Action Research- an informal, qualitative, interpretive, reflective and experimental methodology that requires all the participants to be collaborative researchers. Action research is carried out be people who usually recognize a problem or limitation in their workplace situation and, together, devise a plan to counteract the problem, implement the plan, observe what happens, reflect on these outcomes, revise the plan, implement it, reflect, revise and so on. Action research can be though of as a spiral of planning, acting, observing and reflecting, occruing through time until the most desirable outcomes for all participants are achieved. |
The Nature of Social and Cultural Continuity and Change | Understanding continuity and change through: | Identifying the nature of social and cultural continuity and change | The concepts of continuity and change are commonly used in our society, but for many of us they are hard to define. These terms share the feature of time being a determining factor. It is the opportunity of time that allows a society to develop and modify itself to change. Likewise when we observe a particular culture or community over a period of time we can oberve clear continuities. The term 'social change' is a term used within sociology and applies to modifications in social relationships or culture (the term 'cultural change' is the term used within anthropology). Since society and culture are interdependent, 'sociocultural change' is a more accepted term. The study of sociocultural change is the