Paradigms of Research for the 21st Century

Antonina Lukenchuk (PhD, Chernivtsi University, Ukraine; EdD, Northern Illinois University) is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Research at National Louis University in Chicago, Illinois. Her recent publications include chapters in edited volumes, articles in various journals, and a book, Reflections on the Nature of Self in the World and Adult Education: A Search for Inclusive Ways of Knowing.

• Contents: Baudelaire K. Ulysse/Antonina Lukenchuk: Presaging Educational Inquiry: Historical Development of Philosophical Ideas, Traditions, and Perspectives – Antonina Lukenchuk/Baudelaire K. Ulysse: Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Traditions, Perspectives, and Controversies – Antonina Lukenchuk/Eileen Kolich: Paradigms and Educational Research: Weaving the Tapestry – Vladimir Trostin: The Passage beyond Self: An Autoethnographic Journey into My Cultural Roots, Personal and Educational Transformations – Matthew A. Woolsey: Sociocultural Perspectives of First-Generation Asian Indian Leaders in U.S. Higher Education: An Ethnographic Study – Maria E. Hernandez-Rodriguez: Hermeneutics of Hispanic Parenthood: Reframing Conceptions through Personal Voices – Christine L. Kramp Pfaff: In Pursuit of Change: A Study of a Principal’s Application of Transformational Leadership Strategies – Regina Schurman: Is There a Model for Success? Exploring Sustainable Professional Employment among Clinical Exercise Physiology Program’s Graduates – Anne Perry/Nancy W. Bentley: The Impact of Cognitive Information Processing on the Career Decision Making of First-Year College Students – Eirini Adamopoulou: Greek Parents’ Perceptions and Experiences Regarding Their Children’s Learning and Social-Emotional Difficulties – Andrea Lehmacher: Successful Practices and Models of Enrollment Management in Illinois Community Colleges: An Explanatory Mixed-Methods Research Case Study – Krista Robinson-Lyles: Paradigmatic Consciousness Raising: What Moves Me – Baudelaire K. Ulysse: Culling Methodological Tools, Honing Research Skills: A Paradigm of Critical Discourse Analysis on Neoliberalism – Sharon Duncan: Locked Gates and Chain-link Fences: A Generational Phenomenological Story of Disability.