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Shifting Paradigms in Music Education Research (1953-1978): A Theoretical and Quantitative Reassessment
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Jorgensen, Estelle R.; Ward-Steinman, Patrice Madura – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine evidence of a hypothesized shift in the operative research paradigms in music education during the first quarter century of the publication of the "Journal of Research in Music Education," during the period 1953 to 1978. This shift was from humanities-oriented historical and philosophical studies…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Research, Educational History, Educational Change
Ethnography as Method, Methodology, and "Deep Theorizing" Closing the Gap between Text and Context in Academic Writing Research
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Lillis, Theresa – Written Communication, 2008
This article critically explores the value of ethnography for enhancing context-sensitive approaches to the study of academic writing. Drawing on data from two longitudinal studies, student writing in the United Kingdom and professional academic writing in Hungary, Slovakia, Spain, and Portugal, the author illustrates the different contributions…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
Beyond Constructivism: The Progressive Research Programme into Learning Science
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Taber, Keith S. – Studies in Science Education, 2006
In this paper, it is suggested that while there are a variety of frames or perspectives that guide research into learning science, a pre-paradigmatic field need not be a "free-for-all". Lakatos suggested that academic research fields were characterised by research programmes (RP), which offered heuristic guidance to researchers, and which…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Science Education, Research Methodology, Heuristics
Humanistic Psychology: Some Unfinished Business.
Krippner, Stanley – 1985
The need for humanistically-oriented research may be viewed as the unfinished business of humanistic psychology. Additional research is needed to support some of the theoretical positions of humanistic psychology which have emerged from clinical practice, education, and management consultation rather than from laboratories and field studies. The…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Mythology, Phenomenology, Psychological Studies
The Empirical Interests of Developmental Psychology.
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McGraw, Kenneth O. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1991
Presents a classification system for developmental psychology that was constructed by means of a survey of articles published in the journals "Child Development" and "Developmental Psychology" in 1969 and 1987. The survey found that eight empirical questions encompassed the full range of empirical interests expressed by…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Classification, Content Analysis, Developmental Psychology
Validating Art Therapists' Tacit Knowledge: The Heuristic Experience.
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Bloomgarden, Joan; Netzer, Dorit – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1998
Defines the heuristic model of research. Offers a comparison among phenomenology, hermeneutics, and heuristics in research methodologies. Describes the stages of heuristic research and addresses the potential contributions of this model to the field of art therapy and the personal and professional growth of the art therapist. (MKA)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Counselor Role, Data Collection, Experience
Heuristic Processing of Persuasion Cues.
Chaiken, Shelly – 1983
The assumption that people exert considerable cognitive effort in processing incoming information has been complemented in recent years by the idea that people often perform tasks and make decisions after only minimal information processing. Although both the heuristic and systematic conceptualizations of information processing share the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Cues, Evaluation Criteria