Before the Research: A Personal Account (Or, Why I Am a Constructivist)

Linda R. Wadas

Abstract


This personal essay presents the essentials of the qualitative methodology known as constructivism and its associated epistemology, ontology and axiology. The author makes a case for constructivism as a research paradigm based on student focused ethics.

Keywords


constructivism; qualitative inquiry; qualitative research; research paradigms; college and university libraries; librarian research; academic librarians

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