Research as Praxis: Perspectives on Interpreting Data from a Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Project

Autor/inn/en	Nhalevilo, Emilia Afonso; Ogunniyi, Meshach
Titel	Research as Praxis: Perspectives on Interpreting Data from a Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Project
Quelle	In: African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 18 (2014) 2, S.210-218 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1029-8457
DOI	10.1080/10288457.2014.929248
Schlagwörter	Praxis; Educational Research; Data Interpretation; Indigenous Knowledge; Research Methodology; Questionnaires; Epistemology; Perspective Taking; Teacher Workshops; Teacher Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Research Problems; Experimenter Characteristics; College Faculty; Science Projects; Foreign Countries; Pretests Posttests; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Fragebogen; Erkenntnistheorie; Zukunftsperspektive; Lehrerverhalten; Forschungskritik; Fakultät; Science; Project; Wissenschaft; Projekt; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article presents a reflection on an aspect of research methodology, particularly on the interpretation strategy of data from a Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Project (SIKSP) in a South African university. The data interpretation problem arose while we were analysing the effects of a series of SIKSP-based workshops on the views of a group of participating science teachers concerning the importance and place of their religious, cultural and philosophical beliefs relative to their professional practice. When interpreting the data we noticed what seemed to us to be an incongruity in the data. In one instance teachers seemed to favour subjectivity in science teaching, but in another instance the views of science from the same teachers were distinctly objective. For some time we tried to make sense of this incongruity. In the midst of the confusion an emergent perspective surfaced concerning our own subjectivities in interpreting the data. We postponed the initial intention in interpreting the data--to evaluate the impact of the workshops--and our problem became the contradiction found in the data. Our emergent research questions underlying this article thus focused on methodological issues in terms of: (1) which epistemological standpoint did we take in analysing the data? (2) what possible different standpoints were taken by the subjects? and (3) what are the implications if different standpoints are taken? The purpose of this article, therefore, is to present our developing engagement with the data, a meta-reflection about the lenses we used in interpreting the data. (As Provided).
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