Positivist? Non - Positivist?

Positivist - Relies on a fixed certainty start process of research with the assumption there is something out there to be found. Things remain in the world and one discovers them without having any influence on them 

Non-Positivist - Things are constructed from a number of elements. ´Things emerge`...`Things do not exist independently´. 


Fundamental Beliefs 

Positivist 

Auditions get you jobs

Non - Positivist

Networking/bettering yourself... helps you get a job  

Research- A big chunk is personal experience/knowledge..You have to be a part of it
e.g Days of fitness/dance - Does it make for a more confident dancer


Research Beliefs

Positivist 

What Auditions intend?
Outcome of an audition
Factual details regarding auditions- Ethics/time/Destination
Professional organization - Conduct in the audition
Attire/Clothing/Sheet music/Instrument

Non - Positivist 

How to better the practice of being a more confident/successful performer
Researching key words - E.g musical theater auditions - seeing/evaluating findings within a specific word but to have an open mind to your findings.
Evaluation of my findings are all an interpretation


Data

Positivist 

Some of the readings begin with a positivist approach, taking the literal meaning to something.

Non Positivist 

The next step/evaluation/linking the idea to own experiences


Indicated research methods

Positivist 

Find out percentage of working musical theater actors - Germany, America, England
Figure

Non - Positivist 

Journal approach - Evaluate my working career/ How long have i been unemployed for

Dance tends towards a non - positivist approach/ I agree with this statement

BUT

There is more than one way of approaching various forms of learning. Although a dance is choreographed and set for dancers to perform (positivist), the original idea was one from somebody´s own personal components e.g feelings/experinces/moods (non positivist)
Teaching dance, depends on what the individual teachers believes is the right way to approach a technique required for a certain move. This will change depending on the teacher (non positivist). Teaching a syllabus, a set routine to follow even for the teacher. (positivist)