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Justin Olmanson
The Four Flavors of Research
Critical Theory
CLC Teacher Conference 2006 Mankato MN
Reality: is shaped by social, political, cultural, economic,
ethnic, and gender values (implicit & explicit).
Knowledge: is colored, shaped and limited by language and
power that permeate all social interactions.
Objectivity: is a claim made by dominant groups.
N: the unit of oppression (a classroom, a class, a society)
Data: field notes, interviews, video, audio…
Goal: to help people understand how
language and dominant structures
are used in oppressive ways.
Critical Theory is suspicious of the constructed meanings that culture
bequeaths to us. (Crotty 1998)