Ontological and Epistemological Foundations of Research: The Analysis of Three Educational Studies

Authors : Özgür ÇELİK, Dinçay KÖKSAL

Pages : 191-199

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Publication Date : 2019-12-30

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Ontological and epistemological perspectives constitute the philosophical scaffold of a research study. The main problem of most studies is the inconsistency in the rationale of the studies, in other words, the discrepancy between theory and practice. Identifying the study’s perspective to the truth insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ontology); and the knowledge insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(epistemology); contributes much to the coherence in the rationale of the study. In this respect, this study aims to analyse three selected educational studies from ontological and epistemological perspectives to reveal how the consistency can be achieved relying on the philosophical underpinnings. 
Keywords : ontology, epistemology, research, education, analysis