QUANTITATIVE
In the social sciences, quantitative research refers to the systematic empirical investigation of social phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational techniques. The objective of quantitative research is to develop and employ mathematical models, theories and/or hypotheses pertaining to phenomena.
QUALITATIVE
Qualitative research a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts. Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-depth understanding of human behaviour and the reason that govern such behavior. The qualitative method investigates the why and how of decision making, not just what, where, when. Hence, smaller but focused samples are more often needed than large samples.
POSITIVISM philosopher and founding sociologist, Auguste Compe
Positivism refers to a set of epistemological perspectives and philosophies of science which hold that the scientific method is the best approach to uncovering the processes by which both physical and human events occur.
CONSTRUCTIONISM
Constructionist learning is inspired by the constructivist theory that individual learners construct mental models to understand the world around them. However, constructionism holds that learning can happen most effectively when people are also active in making tangible objects in the real world. In this sense, constructionism is connected with experiential learning.
EPISTEMOLOGY James Frederick Ferrier
It addresses the questions:
What is knowledge?
How is knowledge acquired?
How do we know what we know?
Much of the debate in this field has focused on analysing the nature of knowledge and how it relates to connected notions such as truth, belief and justification.
ONTOLOGY
Is the philosophical study of the nature of being, existence or reality as such, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations.
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