Developmental Research and Comparative Perspectives: Applications to Developmental Science

Uses and Misuses of Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Theory of Human Development

“…A number of scholars (see, e.g., Goldhaber, 2000; Guba & Lincoln, 1994; Richters, 1997; Tudge, 2008; Winegar, 1997) have argued convincingly that there should be a tight connection between one's theory, the methods that one uses, and one's analytic strategy. The meaning of theory in any scientific field is to provide a framework within which to explain connections among the phenomena under study and to provide insights leading to the discovery of new connections.…”

Theory, Method, and Analysis in Research on the Relations Between Peer Collaboration and Cognitive Development

“…From my perspective, the most helpful approach to these issues is Winegar's (1997) discussion. His position is that the term research should be considered more broadly as the focus on multiple interrelated levels, including metatheory (similar to paradigm or worldview), theory, methodology, method, analyses, and data.…”

“…Given my earlier discussion of Pepper (1942) and Winegar (1997), however, my interest was in examining the extent to which the methods fit well with the theoretical foundation of each study, rather than commenting on the details of the methods themselves. In the case of Golbeck and Sinagra, the task itself was Piagetian, and a good deal of Piaget-inspired research has used similar methods.…”

“…Our field needs more theoretically driven research in which care is taken to match methods and analyses to the theoretical demands. In other words, I think that we need to spend more time undertaking what Winegar (1997) called the "methodological" work of the research process. To do otherwise is to fall prey to an empiricist stance in which variations in findings, no matter how interesting, cannot be related to each other in a coherent whole.…”

A quem serve o diagnóstico de deficiência intelectual? um estudo do desenvolvimento adulto na perspectiva da Psicologia dialógica

“…Nessa perspectiva, assumimos que o desenvolvimento humano é um processo de transformação estrutural e organizacional marcado por trajetórias probabilísticas (Dessen & Guedea, 2005;Sifuentes, Dessen, & Lopes de Oliveira, 2007), pela emergência da novidade (Dessen, 2005;Valsiner, 1989;Winegar, 1997), e pela temporalidade (Fleith & Costa Junior, 2005;Valsiner, 1989), que se constitui em tempos histórico, social e pessoal, assim como pelas transições periódicas. Trata-se de um processo dinâmico, no qual indivíduo e meio estabelecem relações bidirecionais com recíprocas e contínuas possibilidades de mudanças.…”