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This chapter presents the concept of research frames (i.e., Action Research, Case Study, Evaluation, Survey, Cross-Cultural, Indigenous, Transdisciplinary, Developmental Evaluation, Explanatory, Exploratory, Descriptive, Feminist) as ways of providing more holistic pictures of how your research purposes can/will be translated into research strategies and tactics that will generate or apply knowledge and learning that will speak to and influence specific audiences. We show that research frames emerge from the dynamic and synergistic intersection of researcher positioning, research contexts, participants’ contexts and positioning and research sponsor/reader/user contexts, all embedded within the larger social, political and physical worlds. We then discuss strategies for identifying and clarifying researchable problems and for appropriately setting out your research questions and/or hypotheses in the context of your chosen research frame(s).
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Cooksey, R., McDonald, G. (2019). How Do I Frame and Conceptualise My Research Problem and Questions?. In: Surviving and Thriving in Postgraduate Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7747-1_11
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