Action Research Vs. Case Study On Life And Human Practices
1) Action research vs. Case Study
Action research: Action research is defined in the paper by Calhoun (1994) in two definitions, that describe that action research is mostly used by teachers that are evaluating their current teaching program and evaluating the program while teaching, thus through reactions and participation a teacher could assess whether the specific method is working or not. The teacher or researcher in this context can collect data through surveys of the specific teaching method and asses the responses in the survey of whether the method is successful or not. Teachers then can report their research findings in order to enhance the profession as described by the definitions in Calhoun (1994).
Case Study: Case study design is more of a choice of what to study than a methodological one. The purpose of a case study is to chronicle events, to render, depict, or characterise; to instruct; and to try out, prove or test. The researcher must state the logical …show more content…
This approach aims to describe what the life world consists of, or more specifically, what concepts and structures of experience give form and meaning to it (Schram 2006). It is the intent to understand the phenomena under study on their own terms and therefore to provide a description of human experience as it experienced by the subject (Bentz & Shapiro 1998:96) allowing the essence to emerge (Cameron, Schaffer & Hyeon-Ae 2001).
Positivism: Is an approach to social research that seeks to apply the natural science model of research to investigations of social phenomena and explanations of the social world. It entails a belief that the methods and procedures of the natural sciences are appropriate to the social sciences. This view involves a conviction that the objects of the social science are not an obstacle to the implementation of the scientific methods.
12) Reliability vs. Validity vs.
Action research: Action research is defined in the paper by Calhoun (1994) in two definitions, that describe that action research is mostly used by teachers that are evaluating their current teaching program and evaluating the program while teaching, thus through reactions and participation a teacher could assess whether the specific method is working or not. The teacher or researcher in this context can collect data through surveys of the specific teaching method and asses the responses in the survey of whether the method is successful or not. Teachers then can report their research findings in order to enhance the profession as described by the definitions in Calhoun (1994).
Case Study: Case study design is more of a choice of what to study than a methodological one. The purpose of a case study is to chronicle events, to render, depict, or characterise; to instruct; and to try out, prove or test. The researcher must state the logical …show more content…
This approach aims to describe what the life world consists of, or more specifically, what concepts and structures of experience give form and meaning to it (Schram 2006). It is the intent to understand the phenomena under study on their own terms and therefore to provide a description of human experience as it experienced by the subject (Bentz & Shapiro 1998:96) allowing the essence to emerge (Cameron, Schaffer & Hyeon-Ae 2001).
Positivism: Is an approach to social research that seeks to apply the natural science model of research to investigations of social phenomena and explanations of the social world. It entails a belief that the methods and procedures of the natural sciences are appropriate to the social sciences. This view involves a conviction that the objects of the social science are not an obstacle to the implementation of the scientific methods.
12) Reliability vs. Validity vs.