1. The document provides instructions for students to complete a research fundamentals assignment involving summarizing chapters from a textbook, creating comparative charts and mind maps of key research concepts, and filling out a table comparing different research paradigms. 2. Students are asked to read about different epistemological and ontological research approaches, develop a comparative box contrasting different types of knowledge, and create a mind map defining concepts like paradigm and research strategy. 3. The final part of the assignment involves completing a chart comparing aspects of various research paradigms such as empiricism, rationalism, and feminism by exploring different sources and discussing their central topics and applications. Students are then asked to provide a self-assessment and

1. Prof. Andrea Bernal
Fundamentals in Reseach

2. Students’ names:
IDS:

3. Introduction
• Welcome in this learning experience
you will surf the internet to quest
and find the requiered material and
your own material to construct a
final product that shows your
understaning of the Research
principles

4. 1. Read chapter one of the book
a. Ñaupas Paitán, H., Mejía Mejía, E., Novoa Ramírez, E., &
Villagómez Paucar, A. (2014). Metodología de la
investigación. Cuantitativa, cualitativa y redacción de la tesis.
Cuarta edición. Ediciones de la U. Bogotá, DC Colombia.
2. Develop the following 4 steps you will find in the next slides
3. To complete each step you can use the following web 2.0
tools: mindmaster, genialy, or gliffy or any other you know
4. To present the four steps developed, you can use Slideshare
or Calameo.

5. 2. Create a comparative box
ASPECTS IN WHICH THE CONCEPTS DIFFER
Number
of
aspects
POPULAR
KNOWLEDGE
PRE-CIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE
CIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE AXIOLOGIC ONTOLOGIC ETHIC
1
2
3
4
5
Example
Include a link of an
example you found
for each one
examples could be
videos, news,
websites, blogs,
etc
Copy the link of your chart here

6. • Slideshare:
https://es.slideshare.net/nagendraamatya/research-
paradigms
• Concepts:
1. Epistemology
2. Ontology
3. Paradigm
4. Logic of inquiry or research strategy
5. Quantitative approach
6. Qualitative approach
 Copy the link of your finished mind map here:
3. Watch this slideshare presentation
and create a mind map with the
following main concepts definitions

7. 4. Complete the following chart
MAIN
PARADIGMS OF
RESEARCH
ASPECTS IN WHICH THE PARADIGMS DIFFER
REQUIRE SOURCES TO BE
EXPLORED TO GIVE DEFINITIONS SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE CENTRAL DISCUSSION APPLICATION
EMPIRICISM
http://salmapatel.co.uk/academia/the-research-
paradigm-methodology-epistemology-and-ontology-
explained-in-simple-language/
Check the example on page
42 chapter 1
RACIONALISM
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rationalism-
empiricism/
MATERIALISM
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rationalism-
empiricism/
NEOPOSITIVISM http://www.qualres.org/HomePhil-3514.html
SYSTEMS
PARADIGM
http://www.diva-
portal.org/smash/get/diva2:831618/FULLTEXT01.pdf
FUNCIONALISM
http://www.diva-
portal.org/smash/get/diva2:831618/FULLTEXT01.pdf
STRUCTURALISM
http://www.diva-
portal.org/smash/get/diva2:831618/FULLTEXT01.pdf
REALISM http://www.qualres.org/HomePhil-3514.html
RELATIVISM https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/relativism/
FEMINISM http://www.qualres.org/HomePhil-3514.html
INTERPRETIVIST http://www.qualres.org/HomeInte-3516.html
CRITICAL THEORY http://www.qualres.org/HomePhil-3514.html

8. Assessment
50 40 30 20 10
EXCELLENT GOOD AVERAGE
NEEDS TO BE
IMPROVED
DIDN'T DO
THE TASK
The students
completed the task
following all the
instructions
reaching the goals
of the unit
The students
completed the task
following most of the
instructions reaching
the goals of the unit
The students
completed the
task following
some of the
instructions
reaching some of
the goals of the
unit
The students
completed
the task
following, but
didn't follow
most of the
instructions
The student
didn't
complete the
task

9. • Write 2 paragraphs saying:
• PARAGRAPH 1 ABOUT THE CONCEPTS
1. What have you learned?
2. What did you find difficult or confusing?
3. What would like to know more about?
PARAGRAPH 2 ABOUT THE PROCESS
1. What did you do best?
2. What could you do better next time?
CONCLUSIONS