paradigm

The term paradigm is used with several somewhat different meanings:

  • as an example, especially an exemplar which is used as a model in teaching
  • as a specific type of experimental research design (mainly used in this sense in psychology)
  • as a research tradition, encompassing various broad commitments (this meaning is also sometimes described as a disciplinary matrix)

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.