RESEARCH : A WAY OF THINKING

MIND BODY SPACE

 WHAT IS RESEARCH?

Re and Search, - A careful systematic patient study and investigation in a field of knowledge,

undertaken to establish facts and principles. Research is a structured inquiry that utilises an

acceptable scientific methodology to solve problems and create new knowledge that is

generally applicable. (Grinnell 1993: 4)

 WHAT DOES IT IMPLY WHEN WE SAY WE ARE
DOING RESEARCH ?

That the process applied –

1) Is being undertaken within a framework of a set of philosophies.

2) using procedures, methods and techniques that have been tested for their validity and

reliability.

3) Is designed to be unbiased and objective.

 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESEARCH

Application Objectives Enquiry mode

Descriptive Exploratory
Research Research
Pure Applied Quantitative Qualitative
Research Research Research Research

Correlational Explanatory
Research Research
MIND BODY SPACE
MIND BODY SPACE
THE TOTAL OVERWHELMING IMPRESSION COMES FIRST,

PERHAPS IN A SEIZURE BY THE SUDDEN GLORY OF THE LANDSCAPE,

OR BY THE EFFECT UPON US OF ENTRANCE INTO A CATHEDRAL WHEN DIM LIGHT, INCENSE,

STAINED GLASS, AND MAJESTIC PROPORTIONS FUSE IN ONE INDISTINGUISHABLE WHOLE.

IT IS LIKE A PAINTING STRIKES US.

THERE IS AN IMPACT THAT PRECEDES OF ALL DEFINITE RECOGNITION OF WHAT IT IS ABOUT.

– JOHN DEWEY
• SIGHT •ORIENTATION
GRAVITY
• SMELL •BALANCE,
• STABILITY , TIME THAT FUSES

• TOUCH
+
MIND • BODY
MOTION
• DURATION
+
SPACE PERCEPTION +
MEMORY +
IMAGINATION
• SOUND • CONTINUITY
• SCALE, AND LASTLY

• TASTE ILLUMINATION
EMBODIED & EXISTENTIAL EXPERIENCE PERCEIVED IN A
MIND BODY SPACE
DIFFUSED AND PERIPHERAL MANNER RATHER THAN A

PRECISE AND CONSCIOUS OBSERVATION

EMBODIED & EXISTENTIAL EXPERIENCE PERCEIVED IN A
MIND BODY SPACE
DIFFUSED AND PERIPHERAL MANNER RATHER THAN A

PRECISE AND CONSCIOUS OBSERVATION