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Research in Education: Taking Subjective Based Research Seriously

RESEARCH IN EDUCATION: TAKING SUBJECTIVE BASED RESEARCH SERIOUSLY ABSTRACT Qualitative based research is often criticized for being bias and unscientific. In an educational institution dominated by researchers in the scientific discipline where positivism’s methodology reigns supreme, it is o...

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Main Authors: Renganathan, Sumathi, Johl, Satirenjit Kaur
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Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2008
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H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling my.utp.eprints.34052010-12-27T00:34:49Z Research in Education: Taking Subjective Based Research Seriously Renganathan, Sumathi Johl, Satirenjit Kaur H Social Sciences (General) RESEARCH IN EDUCATION: TAKING SUBJECTIVE BASED RESEARCH SERIOUSLY ABSTRACT Qualitative based research is often criticized for being bias and unscientific. In an educational institution dominated by researchers in the scientific discipline where positivism’s methodology reigns supreme, it is often difficult to convince research colleagues of the true value of research that are subjective. In this paper the authors seek to investigate how other researchers from the scientific community, namely from the engineering discipline, who are familiar with scientific based research perceive education research that are subjective and value-laden. It is also hoped that the findings from this study can highlight that different epistemologies help produce different knowledge, and that subjective research can produce noteworthy research findings in the field of education. Keywords: qualitative, subjective methodology, interpretivism, education research Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2008 Article PeerReviewed http://www.utp.edu.my/publications/index.php Renganathan, Sumathi and Johl, Satirenjit Kaur (2008) Research in Education: Taking Subjective Based Research Seriously. Platform, 6 (2). pp. 166-176. ISSN 1511-6794 http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3405/
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
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Renganathan, Sumathi
Johl, Satirenjit Kaur
Research in Education: Taking Subjective Based Research Seriously
description RESEARCH IN EDUCATION: TAKING SUBJECTIVE BASED RESEARCH SERIOUSLY ABSTRACT Qualitative based research is often criticized for being bias and unscientific. In an educational institution dominated by researchers in the scientific discipline where positivism’s methodology reigns supreme, it is often difficult to convince research colleagues of the true value of research that are subjective. In this paper the authors seek to investigate how other researchers from the scientific community, namely from the engineering discipline, who are familiar with scientific based research perceive education research that are subjective and value-laden. It is also hoped that the findings from this study can highlight that different epistemologies help produce different knowledge, and that subjective research can produce noteworthy research findings in the field of education. Keywords: qualitative, subjective methodology, interpretivism, education research
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author Renganathan, Sumathi
Johl, Satirenjit Kaur
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Johl, Satirenjit Kaur
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title Research in Education: Taking Subjective Based Research Seriously
title_short Research in Education: Taking Subjective Based Research Seriously
title_full Research in Education: Taking Subjective Based Research Seriously
title_fullStr Research in Education: Taking Subjective Based Research Seriously
title_full_unstemmed Research in Education: Taking Subjective Based Research Seriously
title_sort research in education: taking subjective based research seriously
publisher Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
publishDate 2008
url http://www.utp.edu.my/publications/index.php
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3405/
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