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Social science researchers in the global South, and in South Africa particularly, utilise research methods in innovative ways in order to respond to contexts characterised by diversity, racial and political tensions, socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities. These methods often remain undocumented – a gap that this book starts to address. Written by experts from various methodological fields, Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a comprehensive collation of original essays and cutting-edge research that demonstrates the variety of novel techniques and research methods available to researchers responding to these context-bound issues. It is particularly relevant for study and research in the fields of applied psychology, sociology, ethnography, biography and anthropology. In addition to their unique combination of conceptual and application issues, the chapters also include discussions on ethical considerations relevant to the method in similar global South contexts. Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences has much to offer to researchers, professionals and others involved in social science research both locally and internationally.

Contributed papers presented at National Workshop on "Women's Studies Research and Curriculum" held at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, on October 4-6, 2001

The purpose of this study is to set up an integrated elementary social studies and science program; informal, flexible, and democratic enough to be in keeping with the modern trends of education, and thus broaden the pupils' understanding so that satisfactory adjustments to their environment may be made. Statement of the Problem 1. How can social studies and elementary science be integrated so as to meet individual needs and promote better human relationship? 2. Should social studies and elementary science be integrated in the curriculum as a means of helping children develop perspectives relative to science as a social force in the modern world? 3. Will integrated social studies and elementary science programs help develop harmonious human relations and reinforce bonds of family life? Data for this study were secured from questionnaires sent to seventy-five teachers of urban, and rural areas to find methods of presenting the social studies and elementary science in the elementary school curriculum. In addition, periodicals, books, and teacher's manuels or bulletins served as guides to seek trends in procedures for teaching social studies and science in the elementary school.

El artículo presenta un panorama de la producción científica de las ciencias sociales sobre el Perú. Recoge los aportes de los pensadores peruanos representativos de su época y generación así como de los académicos vinculados a la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, cultores de disciplinas como la Antropología, la Arqueología, la Historia y la Sociología; comprometidos con el quehacer científico orientado a la transformación de la sociedad peruana. Asimismo, presenta los temas y propuestas de los estudiosos de nuestra realidad, cambiante y compleja, tales como el origen de la cultura peruana, la recuperación y puesta en valor de los sitios arqueológicos, el indigenismo, la otredad, el nosotros diverso, la historia de las élites y las mentalidades, el equilibrio social, la revolución, la democracia liberal así como el neoliberalismo y la globalización, con sus referentes teóricos. ; The article presents an overview of the Scientific Production in Social Sciences about Peru. From the pre-Hispanic period to the current times; it collects the contributions of emblematic Peruvian thinkers of their age and generation as well as the academics who were linked to the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. They were practitioners of disciplines such as anthropology, archeology, history and Sociology; and were committed to the scientific task oriented to the transformation of the Peruvian society. The matters and proposals of the scholars of our so changing and complex reality are exhibited: the origin of the Peruvian culture, the recovery and the value of the archaeological sites, the Indigenism, the otherness, the our diverse, the history of elites and mentalities, the social equilibrium, the revolution, the liberal democracy as well as the neoliberalism; and the globalization with its theoretical references.

La 4e de couverture indique : "Ce livre présente, de façon systématique, le renouveau qu'ont connu l'histoire et l'étude des sciences (les Science Studies) depuis trente ans. Mettant en garde contre les batailles faciles et de peu d'intérêt entre "rationalistes" et "relativistes", Dominique Pastre nous introduit à la complexité des problèmes qui ont soulevés et qui restent sans solutions simples. Montrant en quoi ce renouveau n'est pas propre à l'histoire et à l'étude des sciences, mais qu'il est vrai de l'ensemble des sciences sociales, il en étudie les conséquences. En termes épistémologiques, en revenant sur les grands classiques; en termes économiques et sociaux, en analysant les intrications profondes entre les sciences, les techniques et les pouvoirs; en termes historiques, en parlant de régime de production et de régulation des sciences en société; en termes politiques, enfin, en revenant sur les débats contemporains autour des technosciences et de leurs effets."