metatheory
- noun
- /ˌmɛtəˈθɪəri/
- Specialized
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metateoría
- In philosophy, a metatheory analyzes the fundamental assumptions behind various ethical theories.
- metatheory or paradigm
Examples
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This article will also discuss metatheories and how they influence an educator's choice of developmental theory.
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There are three metatheories associated with child development: mechanistic, organismic, and contextual.
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These metatheories operate with different basic assumptions.
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The particular variety of metatheory that I focus on in this essay is the political economy of the social sciences, with reference to the cases of India and Malaysia.
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Table 2 presents characteristics of the three main metatheories in their simplest forms.
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To fully understand the aforementioned theories of development, an educator needs to know which metatheory, or paradigm, a theory falls under.
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As a result, there has been a shift to view organismic and mechanistic metatheories within a contextual framework.
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Metatheory, or the reflexive study of the social sciences, involves the study of the social, cultural, and historical contexts of theories and theorists, and their philosophical roots.
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The metatheory, also referred to as a paradigm or worldview, is the umbrella under which theories of development fall (Aldridge, Kuby, Strevy, 1992; Thomas, 1996).
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A metatheory provides a framework for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of different scientific theories.
How General
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word metatheory comes from the prefix meta-, which means 'about' or 'beyond', and the word theory. Think of metadata ('data about data'): a metatheory is a theory 'about' other theories, so it helps us see how those theories are built and why they work.