Opiana Alfremar A.
BAPS-2B
PS 119
LT1. Activity on Philosophical Worldviews and Paradigms
Philosophical worldview 1:
(state the specific worldview)
1. Postpositivism
2. Constructivism
3. Advocacy/Participatory
4. Prag- matism
What are the assumptions
about the reality or phenomena
that we want to study? Or,
what is there (the truth) about
what we observed to be
studied? (use bullet points, not
paragraphs)
 Determination
 Reductionism
 Empirical observation
and measurement
 Theory verification
 Understanding
 Multiple participant
meanings
 Social and historical
construction
 Theory generation
 Political
 Empowerment Issue-
oriented
 Collaborative
 Change-oriented
 Consequences of actions
 Problem-centered
 Pluralistic
 Real-world practice
oriented
With those assumptions, how
do we explain or study a
certain phenomenon? (1 or 2
sentences)
Postpositivists hold a
deterministic philosophy in
which causes probably determine
effects or outcomes. Thus, the
problems studied by
postpositivists reflect the need to
identify and assess the causes
that influence
outcomes, such as found in
experiments.
Constructivists hold assumptions
that individuals seek
understanding of the world in
which they live and work.
Individuals develop
subjective meanings of their
experiences meanings directed
toward certain
objects or things.
Participatory holds that research
inquiry needs
to be intertwined with politics
and a political agenda. Thus, the
research
contains an action agenda for
reform that may change the lives
of the participants,
Pragmatism as a worldview
arises out of
actions, situations, and
consequences rather than
antecedent conditions
(as in postpositivism).