2006-09-15 10:16:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
an abstract model to display ideas thought by a person
2006-09-15 10:24:26 · answer #1 · answered by Sky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best analogy I can give is that a paradigm is the lens through which you view something. It can be applied to the way you view a certain set of problems, or your personal paradigm is how everything that you have experienced in your life affects how you see the world at large.
2006-09-15 10:19:30 · answer #2 · answered by commonsenseprevails 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What is a PARADIGM ?
a mental model
a way of seeing
a filter for one's perceptions
a frame of reference
a framework of thought or beliefs through which one's world or reality is interpreted
an example used to define a phenomenon
a commonly held belief among a group of people, such as scientists of a given discipline
Without doubt, the modern use of the word "paradigm" has its roots most commonly traceable to the ideas of the late Harvard-affiliated scientist and philosopher, Thomas Kuhn.
Thomas Kuhn, in the Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962):
A paradigm is "...a constellation of concepts, values, perceptions and practices shared by a community which forms a particular vision of reality that is the basis of the way a community organises itself."
Thomas Kuhn Links:
Thomas Kuhn, Theory of the Scientific Revolution
Thomas Kuhn, 1922-1996
Thomas Kuhn's Theory of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Development of Western Thought
Thomas Kuhn
ALTA VISTA Search Results for "Thomas Kuhn"
Other Paradigm-related links
NASSNL: Vol. III, issue 7: 20 June 1996
A Metaphor for a Worldwide Paradigm Shift
What's this New Information Paradigm stuff all about then?
paradigm (n.) One that serves as a pattern or model.
paradigm (n.) A set or list of all the inflectional forms of a word or of one of its grammatical categories: the paradigm of an irregular verb.
paradigm (n.) A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.
2006-09-15 10:19:22 · answer #3 · answered by cindy61892 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
all these answers pretty much cover it - it is generally used in research texts to explain the view they are taking on something - therefore if they are working within the interpretive paradigm - then they believe everything is open to opinion - if they are working in a scientific paradigm they believe there are definitive answers to be found.
2006-09-15 10:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The paradigm is the world-view of someone - a set of bedrock beliefs by which all other information is judged. For example, a person who believes in God would look at a big dog and marvel how wonderful God's work is, while an atheist would look at the same dog and marvel at the diversity of evolution, as no God is involved.
2006-09-15 10:20:30 · answer #5 · answered by Electro-Fogey 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pronunciation: 'per-&-"dIm, 'pa-r&- also -"dim
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin paradigma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknynai to show side by side, from para- + deiknynai to show -- more at DICTION
1 : EXAMPLE, PATTERN; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype
2 : an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms
3 : a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated; broadly : a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind
2006-09-16 06:24:47 · answer #6 · answered by Suri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first couple of people to answer your question need tablets to calm down, the best way to describe this word is to ''except the common explanation for any subject even if it is not right''
example
pope tries to give interesting lecture for two hours and one line he says about muslims he ends up with thick and doctunated burning effigies of him. its absolute bullshit but ten million uneducated bums believe a paradigm has happened because there leaders tell them that is what the pope thinks of them.
2006-09-15 10:27:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
paradigm means a different point of view, it was on my vocabulary test
2006-09-15 10:25:04 · answer #8 · answered by kyotite 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
PARADIGM IS COMING FROM THE GREEK WORD PARADIGMA AND MEANS } FOR EXAMPLE/
2006-09-15 10:35:06 · answer #9 · answered by yiannis the greek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a word that spells the same backward as it does forward
2006-09-15 10:30:56 · answer #10 · answered by dick clever 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋