Blog Post #2 Postpositivism

What I understood about postpositivism is that reality is out there and real, but we are either incapable or limited to fully capture it. Because of this, I find it hard to believe and act in 100 percent absolutes. I align with postpositivism in most of the three research ideologies. I believe in and search for objective truths, with the caveat that some truths might be imperfect. The example of the swans given in the video was perfect. When you think of a swan, you think of a white majestic bird. Seeing a black swan is enough proof to interrupt how a person might live or see the world. It reminds me of the first time I saw a black squirrel. For most of my life, I believed all squirrels were brown. It was a significant identifying trait. It was what I was used to. Seeing a black squirrel didn't shatter my world, but it was an "oh moment where it was made clear that my assumption was incorrect.

If I were to take a post-positivist approach and apply it to one of my questions about the previous post, I would shift over to my questions about the MLL students in RI. I would shift my thinking to Providence schools that are struggling to assist and teach MLL students. I would shift it and comb through the different classes and find what teachers are excelling and doing, and attempt to capture what the reality is.