scholarly journals The Proliferation of Theoretical Paradigms Quandary: How One Novice Researcher Used Eclecticism as a Solution

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Stinson
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Doctoral Student ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Poststructural Theory ◽  
Theoretical Paradigms ◽  
Selection Of

When a doctoral student plans to conduct qualitative education research, the aspect of the dissertation that often becomes problematic is determining which theoretical paradigm(s) might frame the study. In this article, the author discusses how he resolved the quandary through eclecticism. The author begins by describing briefly the purpose of his dissertation study, providing a justification for eclecticism in the selection of theories. He follows with a description of the three theories-poststructural theory, critical race theory, and critical theory-that framed his study and discusses briefly the methodology employed. The author concludes with a discussion of likely objections of his study and with an explanation of why his study was positioned within a critical postmodern paradigm.

scholarly journals Pursuing Justice-Driven Inclusive Education Research: Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) in Early Childhood

2021 ◽  
pp. 027112142199083
Author(s):  
Hailey R. Love ◽  
Margaret R. Beneke
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Children Of Color ◽  
Educational Processes

Multiple scholars have argued that early childhood inclusive education research and practice has often retained racialized, ableist notions of normal development, which can undermine efforts to advance justice and contribute to biased educational processes and practices. Racism and ableism intersect through the positioning of young children of Color as “at risk,” the use of normalizing practices to “fix” disability, and the exclusion of multiply marginalized young children from educational spaces and opportunities. Justice-driven inclusive education research is necessary to challenge such assumptions and reduce exclusionary practices. Disability Critical Race Theory extends inclusive education research by facilitating examinations of the ways racism and ableism interdependently uphold notions of normalcy and centering the perspectives of multiply marginalized children and families. We discuss constructions of normalcy in early childhood, define justice-driven inclusive education research and its potential contributions, and discuss DisCrit’s affordances for justice-driven inclusive education research with and for multiply marginalized young children and families.

Critical Co-Constructed Autoethnography

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colette N. Cann ◽  
Eric J. DeMeulenaere
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Research Relationships

In this article, the authors describe critical co-constructed autoethnography as a methodology steeped in critical theory, critical pedagogy and critical race theory. It provides a way for collaborating activist researchers to reflect on the tempo, uncertainty, and complexity of research relationships that cross boundaries into more personal spaces such as friendships. Further, critical co-constructed authoethnography creates spaces for collaborating researchers to work across differences.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Daniel F. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Postcolonial Literatures

This introduction briefly discuss the theoretical debates into which I insert the current project, namely those within the realms of Decolonial and Postcolonial Studies with implications for interrelated branches of critical theory such as Queer Theory, Critical Race Theory, Psychoanalysis, and Deconstruction. In doing so, the introduction foregrounds the theoretical concerns raised by each text analysed, as well as the significance of these for study of Lusophone and postcolonial literatures, and beyond. By virtue of this reflection, the introduction also serves to lay out the theoretical groundwork that will inform the project.

Undocumented Critical Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Mexican Immigrants ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mexican Descent ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Tribal Critical Race Theory ◽  
Liminal Experiences

Despite an increasing body of literature on undocumented immigrants and an improved access to academia by DACAdemics and undocumented scholars, the need for theories about undocumented experiences in the United States persists. In this article, I introduce the central tenets of a developing theory that I call Undocumented Critical Theory (UndocuCrit). Rooted in Critical Race Theory (CRT), Latina/o Critical Theory (LatCrit), and Tribal Critical Race Theory (TribalCrit), UndocuCrit introduces the lens to better understand the nuanced and liminal experiences that characterize undocumented communities in the United States. Although this initial rendering focuses on the experiences of Mexican immigrants and individuals of Mexican descent, UndocuCrit exhorts DACAdemics and undocumented scholars to contribute to this emerging framework by applying it to their experiences and those of other undocumented communities. As a theoretical framework, UndocuCrit challenges an immigrant binary rhetoric as well as embarking on a journey toward social justice and the empowerment of our communities.

scholarly journals Correcting whose errors? The principle of error correction from an ethnographic lens

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-380
Author(s):  
Virginia Zavala
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Error Correction ◽  
Language Ideologies ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Changing Society

Labovian sociolinguistics constitutes an important paradigm that brings to the forefront issues of social justice in linguistics and asks about the debt the scholar has towards the community once s/he gets information from it. Nevertheless, as many scholars have discussed, and even though this paradigm has focused on changing society for the better, it has serious limitations on how it conceptualizes the relationship between language and society. Based on critical race theory and language ideologies, Lewis powerfully contributes to this discussion by critiquing the principle of error correction (PEC) proposed by Labov as a particular way of conceptualizing social change. As Lewis points out at the end of the article, this principle reflects an ‘earlier era’ and needs to be reconsidered in light of the significant transformations not only in the study of language in society developed in recent decades but also in critical theory and humanities in general.

Interrogating Classroom Relationships and Events: Using Portraiture and Critical Race Theory in Education Research

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thandeka K. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Classroom Relationships ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Urban Classrooms ◽  
Gender In Education

This article explores the use of the methodology of portraiture and the analytic framework of critical race theory (CRT) to evaluate success and failure in urban classrooms. Portraiture and CRT share a number of features that make the two a viable pair for conducting research in urban schools. In combination, portraiture and CRT allow researchers to evoke the personal, the professional, and the political to illuminate issues of race, class, and gender in education research and to create possibilities for urban school reform as social action.

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