Problem 1: What is your Ontological framework?
Problem 2: What is your Epistemological stance?
- Who are you as a researcher? What things interest you? How do approach early childhood research?
Problem 3: What is your Methodological Stance?
- What angle are you approaching your research from? Your methods are dependent on this.
Problem 4: What methods did you choose to answer your questions?
- What are the actual procedures you will use to collect data?