Paradigms of Research for the 21st Century

Antonina Lukenchuk (EdD, Northern Illinois University) is Professor of Educational Foundations and Research at National Louis University, IL, where she teaches graduate courses in foundations of research and methodology. Her recent publications include several articles and the book, Outliving Your Dissertation: A Guide for Students and Faculty.

Introduction


Antonina Lukenchuk





Part One: Paradigms of Research: Multiple Ways of Knowing


1. Presaging Educational Inquiry: Historical Development of Philosophical


Ideas, Traditions, and Perspectives





Baudelaire K. Ulysse and Antonina Lukenchuk





2. Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Traditions, Perspectives, and Controversies





Antonina Lukenchuk and Baudelaire K. Ulysse





3. Paradigms and Educational Research: Weaving the Tapestry





Antonina Lukenchuk and Eileen Kolich





Part Two: Paradigms as Educational Research Exemplars


4. Narratives of Black Female Elementary School Teachers: Navigating the Normative Discourse of Whiteness


Thera Tilmon





5. Sociocultural Perspectives of First Generation Asian Indian Leaders in U.S. Higher Education: An Ethnographic Study


Matthew Woolsey





6. Toward the Inclusion of LGBTQ+ Students of Color: A Case Study of Public High Schools in the Midwest


Joanne Yonan





7. Navigating Adverse Childhood Experiences for More Effective Learning and Student Well-Being


Amy Kendryna





8. Is There a Model for Success? Exploring Sustainable Professional Employment among Clinical Exercise Physiology Program’s Graduates


Regina Schurman





9. Civically Engaged Curriculum: A Call for Action to Elementary Public School Teachers


Cheryl Jean DeRoo





10. Greek Parents’ Perspectives and Experiences Regarding their Children’s Learning and Social-Emotional Difficulties


Eirini Adamopoulou


11. Speech-Language Pathologists’ Barriers to Providing Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Ages Two to Nine


Irene S. Garcia-Benavides


12. A Paradigm of Critical Discourse Analysis on Neoliberalism: The Case of Haiti as a Neophyte


Baudelaire K. Ulysse


13. Narratives of Grit by African American Women: Standing Tall Against Racial Microaggressions While Advancing to Community College Senior Leadership Positions


Toya Michelle Webb


14. Locked Gates and Chain-link Fences: A Generational Phenomenological Story of Disability


Sharon Duncan





　


Postscript - Once upon a Time, a Message of Love was Born


Antonina Lukenchuk





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