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Methodology is a higher-order term than methods. | '''Technique''' is a <u>procedure or skill</u> for completing a specific task. It is the final skilful execution, on a point-to-point basis, from start point to endpoint. | ||
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* If a classroom is becoming distracted, a teacher may use the technique to use a quick physical activity to distract their distraction and get them all to do the same thing at the same time. | |||
* An SDD Facilitator's technique of standing in front of each participant and making eye contact while they explain their idea empowers them. | |||
'''Method''' is a way something is done. It is the executable process or procedure, with all the specific and prioritised tasks that anyone can assign to get the process or procedure to work. | |||
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* The recipe that I found in the cookbook had different ways to cook the potatoes, but I chose the baking method in the oven. | |||
* The “round robin” method generates and develops ideas in a group brainstorming setting. It relies on an iterative process building off consecutive contributions by each participant, conducted in either written or verbal variations. | |||
'''Methodology''' is a higher-order term than methods. | |||
OR and [[systems thinking]], use the term methodology to describe an <u>organized set of methods and techniques</u> employed to intervene in and change real-world problem situations. | OR and [[systems thinking]], use the term methodology to describe an <u>organized set of methods and techniques</u> employed to intervene in and change real-world problem situations. | ||
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Jackson argued (Jackson, 2000) that it is particularaly insightful to link methodology closely to theory and to see different principles of method use as related to different theoretical positions. | Jackson argued (Jackson, 2000) that it is particularaly insightful to link methodology closely to theory and to see different principles of method use as related to different theoretical positions. | ||
The above distinctions were necessary because, for example, Rosenhead (2001) and Rosenhead & Mingers (2001) use the terms interchangeably thus creating some confusion. | The above distinctions were necessary because, for example, Rosenhead (2001) and Rosenhead & Mingers (2001) use the terms interchangeably, thus creating some confusion. | ||
(Source: Jackson, 2000) | (Source: Jackson, 2000) | ||