Reflections on Theme 2 – Theory

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During our second week, and third seminar, the theme was ”theory” and what is included and not included in the concept of theory.

Before going into this week’s theme I thought I had a pretty good idea of what theory was, but the more I read about it the more confused I got, or at least in the beginning. Even going into the seminar I wasn’t sure I’d fully understood the concept completely. I did however feel that I got a better understanding during the seminar when we were able to discuss it more deeply.

Something that I learned that I hadn’t considered before was what defines a “good” theory and what’s a “bad” theory.  I also realized that the view of what theory is that I had before was more of the common use of the word and not the research and academic definition. Meaning that when we use the word “theory” in our daily language it doesn’t correspond to the specific definition of what a theory is that is being used in the academia.