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Retake Tendencies Quiz & Biblical Integration
After taking the tendency quiz again, my score of 16 did not change. It goes further to explain how objective I am in my thinking, respecting the viewpoints of others and incorporating them in developing a sound argument geared towards finding solutions to problems that affect society and personal development. Drawing from the teachings of the Bible in James 5:12 “Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned” (New International Version), I would confidently say my “yes” has always being to be objective and less egocentric and there is no swearing to prove that. Merma-Molina et al. (2022) posit that open-minded thinking (which in my view also connotes objectivity) serves a gateway to critical thinking, a utilitarian resource that help people to solve problems by reviewing logical facts and not basing their judgement on intuition or predictions (Raj, et al., 2021). Morever, personality attributes such as honesty, solidarity, and the development of new knowledge, analytical skills, and not learning by memory, are directly related to active open-mindedness (Merma-Molina et al., 2022).
My thought process on research paradigm has however taken a dramatic turn from a post-positivist to being unsettled on one of them. Over the weeks, I have come across articles, including the ones shared in our discussions and assignments applying different research paradigms. The most common trend is the use of multiple theories to try and explain an existing truth. This phenomenon makes the pragmatism research paradigm the most feasible since it uses combined methods of qualitative and quantitative research approaches. Hampson and McKinley (2023) while acknowledging the growing importance and prevalence of mixed research approaches, however criticizes the pragmatic paradigm as been unfit based on a number of reasons including prioritizing research questions instead of ontology or epistemology and goes on to refer to it as a method of convenience. Thus, on one breath I believe in the existence of one truth but on another, the subjective nature of reality springing from different individual perspective comes alive.
With the above confusion in place, the role of applying the biblical worldview in research becomes even more apparent because 1 Corinthians 14: 33 explains how God is not a God of confusion but of peace (English Standard Version) and an such guidance from God is needed to understand the ways of conducting a successful research devoid of plenty biases and limitations. Leafe (2021) seems to have killed two birds with one stone when he posited that believers in Jesus Christ are granted a developed style of thinking that aligns with the mind of God but the continual modifications of our worldviews usually makes us disconnect from scripture. This further explains how important the biblical worldview is to research and also offers a clearer lens through which we see how methodological and researcher biases are introduced into researches.
References
Leafe, S. K. (2021). Maintaining a biblical worldview: Mitigating emerging syncretism with worldly philosophies through focused instruction in Christian theology. Doctoral Dissertations and Projects, 3167. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/3167
Hampson, T., & McKinley, J. (2023). Problems posing as solutions: Criticising pragmatism as a paradigm for mixed research. Research in Education, 116 (1), 124-138. to an external site.
Merma-Molina, G., Gavilán-Martín, D., & Urrea-Solano , M. (2022). Actively open-minded thinking, personality and critical thinking in Spanish adolescents: A correlational and predictive study. International Journal of Instruction, 15(2), 579–600. to an external site.
Raj, T., Chauhan, P., Mehrotra, R. & Sharma, M. (2022). Importance of critical thinking in education. World Journal of English Language, 12 (3). Doi: 10.5430/wjel.v12n3p126
