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Critical Thinking and Reasoning Skills Help
say, or think what you do. But your reasons for doing things aren't
always reasonableas you know if you've ever done or said
something in the heat of the moment. Reasoning skills ask you to
use good sense and base your reasons on facts, evidence, or
logical conclusions rather than just on your emotions. In short,
when you decide on the best way to handle a situation or
determine the best solution to a problem, you should have logical
(rather than purely emotional) reasons for coming to that
conclusion.
Logical: according to reason; according to conclusions drawn from
evidence or common sense
Emotional: drawn from emotions, from intense mental feelings
The Difference between Reason and Emotion
It would be false to say that anything emotional is not reasonable.
In fact, it's perfectly valid to take your emotions into
consideration when you make decisions. After all, how you feel is
very important. But if there's no logic or reason behind your
decisions, you're usually in for trouble.
Let's say, for example, that you need to buy a computer. This is a
rather big decision, so it's important that you make it wisely.
You'll want to be sure that you:
Carefully consider your options
Consider different possibilities and outcomes
Have logical reasons to support your final decision
It may seem obvious that you need to choose a computer that
best suits your needs and budget. For example, as much as you
might like the top-of-theline gaming computer with the best video
card, almost unlimited memory, and built in surround sound, you
shouldn't get it if you only need this computer for simple
functions. But for a variety of emotional reasons, many people do
make these kinds of unwise, unreasonable decisions. They may
have thought critically and still made the wrong choice because
they let their emotions override their sense of logic and reason.
Justifying Your Decision
One way to help ensure that you're using your critical thinking
and reasoning skills is to always justify your decisions and actions.
Why did you do what you did? Why did you make that decision?
Why did that seem like the best solution? Try this with even your
everyday decisions and actions. You'll get to know your current
decision-making process, and you'll be able to determine where in
that process you can become more effective.
Why Critical Thinking and Reasoning Skills Are Important
You will face (if you don't already) situations on the job, at home,
and at school that require critical thinking and reasoning skills. By
improving these skills, you can improve your success in everything
you do. Specifically, strong critical thinking and reasoning skills
will help you:
Compose and support strong, logical arguments
Assess the validity of other people's arguments
Make more effective and logical decisions
Solve problems more efficiently
Essentially, these four skills make up problem-solving skills. For
example, if someone wants to change your mind and convince
you of something, you have a "problem"you have to decide
whether or not to change your beliefs, whether to accept that
person's argument. Similarly, when you have a choice to make, or
a position you'd like to support, you have a different type of
"problem" to solvewhat choice to make, how to support your
position. Thus, the term problem solving can refer to any one of
these situations.
Tip
Don't be fooled by the use of the term argument. In this lessonn,
the word doesn't mean raised voices, harsh tones, and veiled
insults. Instead, in this arena, according to Princeton, the word
argument means "a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a
truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning."
In Short
Critical thinking is the act of carefully considering a problem,
claim, question, or situation in order to determine the best
solution. Reasoning skills, which go hand-in-hand with critical
An Overview of the
Methodological Approach of
Action Research
Rory OBrien
Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto
[email protected]
1998
Citation:
O'Brien, R. (2001). Um exame da abordagem metodolgica da
pesquisa ao [An Overview of the Methodological Approach of
Action Research]. In Roberto Richardson (Ed.), Teoria e Prtica da
Pesquisa Ao [Theory and Practice of Action Research]. Joo
Pessoa, Brazil: Universidade Federal da Paraba. (English version)
Available: http://www.web.ca/~robrien/papers/arfinal.html
(Accessed 20/1/2002)
Table of Contents
Introduction
What is Action Research?
Definition
The Action Research Process
Principles of Action Research
When is Action Research used?
Situating Action Research in a Research Paradigm
Positivist Paradigm
Interpretive Paradigm
Paradigm of Praxis
Evolution of Action Research
Origins in late 1940s
Current Types of Action Research
Traditional Action Research
Contextural Action Research (Action Learning)
Radical Action Research
Educational Action Research
Action Research Tools
The Search Conference
Role of the Action Researcher
Ethical Considerations
Examples of Action Research Projects
Case Study 1 - Development of nature tourism in the Windward
Islands
Introduction
If you want it done right, you may as well do it yourself. This
aphorism may seem appropriate if you are a picky housekeeper,
but more and more people are beginning to realize it can also
apply to large corporations, community development projects,
and even national governments. Such entities exist increasingly in
an interdependent world, and are relying on Action Research as a
means of coming to grips with their constantly changing and
turbulent environments.
This paper will answer the question What is Action Research?,
giving an overview of its processes and principles, stating when it
is appropriate to use, and situating it within a praxis research
paradigm. The evolution of the approach will be described,
including the various kinds of action research being used today.
The role of the action researcher will be briefly mentioned, and
some ethical considerations discussed. The tools of the action
researcher, particularly that of the use of search conferences, will
be explained. Finally three case studies will be briefly described,
two of which pertain to action research projects involving
information technology, a promising area needing further
research.
4) Risk
The change process potentially threatens all previously
established ways of doing things, thus creating psychic fears
among the practitioners. One of the more prominent fears comes
from the risk to ego stemming from open discussion of ones
interpretations, ideas, and judgments. Initiators of action
research will use this principle to allay others fears and invite
participation by pointing out that they, too, will be subject to the
same process, and that whatever the outcome, learning will take
place.
5) Plural Structure
The nature of the research embodies a multiplicity of views,
commentaries and critiques, leading to multiple possible actions
and interpretations. This plural structure of inquiry requires a
plural text for reporting. This means that there will be many
accounts made explicit, with commentaries on their
contradictions, and a range of options for action presented. A
report, therefore, acts as a support for ongoing discussion among
collaborators, rather than a final conclusion of fact.
6) Theory, Practice, Transformation
For action researchers, theory informs practice, practice refines
theory, in a continuous transformation. In any setting, peoples
actions are based on implicitly held assumptions, theories and
hypotheses, and with every observed result, theoretical
knowledge is enhanced. The two are intertwined aspects of a
single change process. It is up to the researchers to make explicit
the theoretical justifications for the actions, and to question the
bases of those justifications. The ensuing practical applications
that follow are subjected to further analysis, in a transformative
cycle that continuously alternates emphasis between theory and
practice.
When is Action Research used?
Action research is used in real situations, rather than in contrived,
experimental studies, since its primary focus is on solving real
problems. It can, however, be used by social scientists for
preliminary or pilot research, especially when the situation is too
ambiguous to frame a precise research question. Mostly, though,
in accordance with its principles, it is chosen when circumstances
require flexibility, the involvement of the people in the research,
or change must take place quickly or holistically.
It is often the case that those who apply this approach are
practitioners who wish to improve understanding of their
practice, social change activists trying to mount an action
campaign, or, more likely, academics who have been invited into
an organization (or other domain) by decision-makers aware of a
problem requiring action research, but lacking the requisite
methodological knowledge to deal with it.
Situating Action Research in a Research Paradigm
Positivist Paradigm
The main research paradigm for the past several centuries has
been that of Logical Positivism. This paradigm is based on a
number of principles, including: a belief in an objective reality,
knowledge of which is only gained from sense data that can be
directly experienced and verified between independent
observers. Phenomena are subject to natural laws that humans
discover in a logical manner through empirical testing, using
inductive and deductive hypotheses derived from a body of
scientific theory. Its methods rely heavily on quantitative
measures, with relationships among variables commonly shown
by mathematical means. Positivism, used in scientific and applied
research, has been considered by many to be the antithesis of the
principles of action research (Susman and Evered 1978, Winter
1989).
Interpretive Paradigm
Over the last half century, a new research paradigm has emerged
in the social sciences to break out of the constraints imposed by
positivism. With its emphasis on the relationship between
socially-engendered concept formation and language, it can be
referred to as the Interpretive paradigm. Containing such
qualitative methodological approaches as phenomenology,
ethnography, and hermeneutics, it is characterized by a belief in a
socially constructed, subjectively-based reality, one that is
influenced by culture and history. Nonetheless it still retains the
ideals of researcher objectivity, and researcher as passive
collector and expert interpreter of data.
Paradigm of Praxis
Pre-conference process
set up Advisory Group of local representatives
agree on process design and participants
use focus groups for preparation
invitations, distribution of introductory materials
Introductory plenary
introductions, review objectives, outline process, introduce first
stage
Presentation plenary
reports from small groups, discuss directions, introduce second
stage
Presentation plenary
reports, review progress, introduction to third stage
Presentation plenary
reports, define strategic tasks / actions, select key tasks, form task
groups
Final plenary
Task Group reports, discuss future contacts, create new Advisory
Group
Eric Trist sums up the process quite nicely "Searching...is carried out in groups which are composed of the
relevant stakeholders. The group meets under social island
conditions for 2-3 days, sometimes as long as five. The opening
sessions are concerned with elucidating the factors operating in
the wider contextual environment - those producing the metaproblems and likely to affect the future. The content is
contributed entirely by the members. The staff are facilitators
only. Items are listed in the first instance without criticism in the
plenary session and displayed on flip charts which surround the
room. The material is discussed in greater depth in small groups
and the composite picture checked out in plenary. The group
next examines its own organizational setting or settings against
Post-conference process
report distributed
follow-up contacts
Advisory Group facilitates meetings of Task Groups
feedback on proposed actions
further search conferences
widen network
continuing evaluation of outcomes
Much of the action research carried out over the past 40 years has
been conducted in local settings with the participants meeting
face-to-face with real-time dialogue. The emergence of the
Internet has led to an explosion of asynchronous and aspatial
group communication in the form of e-mail and computer
conferences, and recently, v-mail and video conferencing. While
there have been numerous attempts to use this new technology
in assisting group learning, both within organizations and among
groups in the community [this author has been involved with a
dozen or more projects of this kind in the nonprofit sector in
Canada alone], there is a dearth of published studies on the use of
action research methods in such projects Lau and Hayward
(1997), in a recent review of the literature, found that most
research on group support systems to date has been in short-
In the past ten years or so, there has been a marked increase in
the number of organizations that are making use of information
technology and computer mediated communications. This has led
to a number of convergences between information systems and
action research. In some cases, it has been a matter of managers
of corporate networks employing action research techniques to
facilitate large-scale changes to their information systems. In
others, it has been a question of community-based action
research projects making use of computer communications to
broaden participation.
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What Is The Importance Of Research Study?
7 Answers
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Joe Gilbert answered
Research is important when conducted correctly because it helps
us to understand and possibly even solve existing or possible
problems in the world. This could be anything from social issues
to medical breakthroughs. Governments carry out research all of
the time in order to come to conclusions about policies and
strategies. They will often choose experts in the particular field to
go out and carry out in-depth research to help them out. Without
this research and knowledge, it would be difficult to make a
change in the world. It would also mean that changes wouldn't be
fully considered which could result in bigger problems in the long
run. If a problem is evident, for example gun crime, it is essential
to understand what has caused the problem and why people
continue to take part in such illegal activity even though they
know it is fundamentally wrong. Research will aim to answer
these questions so that informed decisions can be made about
what strategies will help.
In order for research to be valid a lot of time, effort and money
have to be injected into the project. The problem is that most
people aren't patient or willing enough to put in the effort.
Without taking research seriously, results can be hugely flawed
resulting in a worse scenario than the original problem. Even huge
global companies with massive budgets do not put enough effort
into their research. One example of this is a company specializing
in beauty products who use a sample of less than 100 (which isn't
enough to be globally representative) and advertise for people to
test their product in places like fashion magazines (resulting in a
sample of a very similar demographic). These results are flawed
due to them not taking the research seriously enough.
Action research
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Presentation By (806) Sadia Hassan Roll no (804)
Topic Action Research
Introduction Introduced by Kurt Lewin in social science.
Stephen Corey introduced it in the field of education in 1953.
Action Research Teachers often leave a mark on their students,
but they seldom leave a mark on their profession" -(Wolfe, 1989).
Introduction Now in the field of education Action research is a
systematic investigation conducted by practitioners to provide
information to immediately improve teaching and learning.
James H. McMillan p.329
Definitions Stephen Corey (1953) define it as: The process
through which practitioners study their problems scientifically in
order to guide, correct and evaluate their decisions and actions. In
the educational setting i.e. school, the practitioners are the
teachers and his other colleagues who work to improve
instruction.
Definitions Geoffery E. Mills describe Action research in
education is any systematic inquiry conducted by teachers,
ce
Professor John Elliott, (at the time of writing) Dean of the School
of Education at UEA, and a very influential figure, has defined AR
as:
For those new to AR this step can be the most difficult. It is likely
that you will have to go through a period of reflection about your
own practice or maybe even observe a colleague at work.
Some teachers may have a child that they feel they would like to
understand better; there maybe an area where you think you are
failing; or a part of the curriculum which feels inadequate; a topic
about which you would like to know more; a topic which could
add something to your teaching and so on.
Other professionals say in business, or the caring professions
generally, may be concerned about the quality of decision maing
in a particular department or team. There may be concerns about
communication structures, particularly in multi-professional
agencies, between agencies and between geographically
dispersed sites. Doubts may be expressed concerning
management structures, the distributions of responsibilities and
duties leading to the possibility of role conflict and role strain.
There may be suspicions that quality assurance procedures are
inadequate or consultative procedures too narrow in focus. And
so on.
to improve practice,
does work scheme 'x' improve reading better than work scheme
'y'; or, does teaching style 'x' help pupils' to do 'y'?
does management style 'x' improve employee/employer
relationships better than management style 'y'?
does interview strategy 'x' improve professional/client
relationships better than strategy 'y'?
Just as C and D above need not be separate, you may feel that
step E is taking place while you are doing C and D. Note first of all
that generating hypotheses takes place some time after you have
begun to immerse yourself in your study. Central to your research
will be trying to discern new understandings about your practice
and other people are vital for this. Early hypotheses tend to lack
understanding and familiarity. What might be called 'mature
hypotheses' have a firmer basis. An example may help here.
One student set out to experiment with more participative
classroom techniques. She had just returned to work after
bringing up two children and, having had the opportunity to
contemplate, she thought she would try what she had lacked the
confidence to do before. Before long she found that while her
classes were beginning to appreciate the new approach her major
difficulty was the teacher in the class next door who was unhappy
about children walking down the corridor during lessons on their
way to the library and other places. Comments were being passed
in the staffroom. Gradually the teacher's study became concerned
not only with changing her own classroom but making these
changes with the opposition of her colleague. Change in the
school became as important as change in her class. The original
hypothesis grew into a more relevant mature hypothesis.
Making sense of data is partly a matter of intuition and partly a
matter of being systematic. The intuitive part is about seeing
themes, patterns, make guesses, make arguments, ask further
questions about the data. In this respect you may find that being
familiar with the literature may help you decide what are the
important themes, though you will need to test out your own
ideas too. As patterns, arguments and questions arise the data
begins to be transformed from a pile of notes, transcripts,
documents and other recordings into 'evidence'
However, you do not have to wait for the inspired hunch or flash
of genius. Much of the work of making sense of data requires a
systematic ordering of data. This is largely a process of analysis
which can be broken down into a remarkably simple set of
routines:
[b] the second seeks to replace the existing way of doing things
with a different way of doing things.
The first occurs when through discussion members of a group are
convinced that their current practices are basically desirable but
that certain problems still need to be ironed out.
The second occurs when through discussion members of a group
become convinced that the current practices are less useful - or
even no longer defensible - in comparison with another way of
doing things identified through the research and observation
carried out.
In either case the proposal for action should include the following:
I. TO CONCLUDE
If you are feeling apprehensive, as many do, it is a good idea to
jump in early to feel the water. There are usually difficulties in
collecting data, and sometimes more substantial problems as you
analyse, collect more data, put forward your findings and so on.
Many practitioners return to study having not been on a long
course for a number of years. The greatest difficulties are, in our
experience, encountered by those who leave too much to the
later stages. You cannot progress very far without data, so go and
collect some.
ncient Origins & Basic Concepts of World Geography
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THE ANCIENT ORIGINS & BASIC CONCEPTS OF WORLD
GEOGRAPHY DR. DUKUZUMURENYI
IWHAT DOES GEOGRAPHY MEAN?WHY STUDY WORLD
GEOGRAPHY?
- THE
GREEK WORD FOR EARTH. 2. GRAPHIA- THE GREEK WORD FOR
- A NETWORK OF LINES CONNECTING POINTS. A
GRID SYSTEM.
THELOCATION OF A POINT ON AMAP OR ON THE
EARTHSSURFACE TO BE DESCRIBED INA WAY THAT IS
MEANINGFULAND UNIVERSALYUNDERSTOOD.
GRID SYSTEM
HE SCIENCE THAT STUDIES- THE
AREAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE EARTHS SURFACE. *AREAL
DIFFERENTIATION- DIFFERENCES ON THE EARTHS SURFACE.+
VARIOUS APPEARANCES. DIFFERENT PLACES LOOK DIFFERENT.
SAHARA DESERT AMAZON RAIN FOREST
TYPES OF DIFFERENCES ON THE EARTHS
ORGANIZED DIFFERENTLY. NICARAGUAN VILLAGE MALI VILLAGE
cultures. You can develop the skills that will help you recognize
and make sense of the patterns, distributions, and interactions
between living things and their environment. Geographers often
study places by experiencing them first-hand. They use cutting
edge technology to study the landscapes and patterns that define
who we are and what we do.
IIITHE ANCIENT ORIGINS OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY
OLDEST RACE OF MEN DEVELOPED ALL OF THE SCIENCES,
INCLUDING GEOGRAPHY. HERODOTUS 484 B.C. - 432 B.C.
BLACK MEN AND WOMEN OF CLASSICAL KEMET [EGYPT] & TASETI [NUBIA: THE SUDAN]
OF CLASSICAL KEMET USED
GEOGRAPHY TO ALIGN THE GREAT PYRAMIDS WITH TRUE NORTH.
HOW TO MEASURE THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE EARTH, USING
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE.
ENES [275
BC - 193 BC] WAS THE FIRST GREEK TO LEARN OF THE AFRICAN
METHOD FOR MEASURING THE EARTHS CIRCUMFERENCE.
ANCIENT ORIGINS
SHADOW ANGLE 360 = DEGREES IN CIRCLE D = DISTANCE FROM
EQUATOR. C = CIRCUMFERENCE
- MADE IN CONSTANTINOPLE IN
FREE OF ICE. EUROPEANS DID KNOW ABOUT ANTARTICA UNTIL
1818 AND THE INTERIOR OF ANTARTICA UNTIL 1958.
ES EXACT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA, EASTERN COAST OF
BASED ON MUCH OLDER MAPS.
ADMIRAL PIRI REIS MAP
IVBASIC CONCEPTS OFWORLD GEOGRAPHY
1.FIVE THEMES OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY
2.GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES
CREATE SPATIAL PATTERNS, WHICH ARE PATTERNS IN THE SPACES
INHABITED BY HUMANS, OR A SPATIAL SYSTEM.
ELEMENTS.
PARTICULAR TIME.
SOCIETIESPRODUCE ANDEXCHANGE
RESOURCESTO MEET THE NEEDS OFITS PEOPLE.
REALITY.
3.BRANCHES OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY
EARTHSENVIRONMENT: PROPERTIESOF LAND, WATER,
AIR,PLANTS AND ANIMALS, THEIRDISTRIBUTION
ANDINTERRELATIONS.
ANDTHEIR ENVIRONMENT.ANALYZES THE SPATIALVARIATIONS OF
MATERIALTRAITS, SUCH AS HOUSETYPES AND SPIRITUALSYSTEMS.
[NATIONS OR STATES], THEIR RESOURCES AN EXTENT, AND THE
REASONS FOR THE GEOGRAPHICAL FORMS WHICH THEY ASSUME.
MAN [ANTHROPOLOGY: THE STUDY OF MAN] DEALS WITH MAN
IN HIS GEOGRAPHIC ASPECTS, SUCH AS HIS LOCATION, REGION,
ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION, MOVEMENT, SOCIETY.
THEGEOGRAPHY OF THEPAST.
WITH CITIES, AND TOWNS AND THE GROWTH ASSOCIATED WITH
URBANIZATION, WHICH IS THE GROWTH OF CITIES AS A RESULT
OF RURAL MIGRATIONS TO CITIES.
OFMAPS USING MATHEMATICS,STATISTICS ANDCOMPUTERS.
4.RELATED FIELDS OF STUDY
DEDUCTION OF THE PROPERTIES, MEASURMENT AND
RELATIONSHIP OF POINTS, LINES, ANGLES AND FIGURES IN SPACE
FROM THEIR DEFINING CONDITIONALS BY MEANS OF CERTAIN
ASSUMED PROPERTIES OF SPACE.
MEASUREMENT OF THE SHAPE OF AN AREA AND DISTANCES
BETWEEN LARGE TRACTS OF LAND, THE EXACT POSITION OF
GEOGRAPHICAL POINTS, AND THE CURVATURE, SHAPE AND
DIMENSION OF THE EARTH.
5.CONCEPTS
ON A MAP AND THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE MAPPED AREA ON THE
EARTHS SURFACE.
OCCURING INSTRUCTURED ANDCOMPREHENSIBLE WAYS.
LINEAR DISTANCE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE TIME DISTANCE.
NCEDECAY:DECREASE
IN INTERACTIONAS DISTANCE INCREASES.
IDEA.
TERRITORIAL OCCURRENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, HUMAN, OR
ORGANIZATIONAL FEATURES SELECTED FOR STUDY.