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This is a discussion board assignment: There are three journal articles to read before you write the discussion. This discussion should be no more than 1 page double spaced in Times new Roman font 12.
The journal articles are attached. "the usefulness of narrative inquiry in public administration research" is considered the week 5 supplemental reading as the question belowed.

For this discussion forum, respond to each of the following items:
1. From the 2 journal articles you were assigned to read for Week 3, identify the relevance of pragmatism for social research and how pragmatism addresses the dualism between "idealism" and "realism". In your response, be sure to 1) identify and explain pertinent concepts, and 2) explain how you see pragmatism being relevant to knowledge produced by the practitioner-scholar.

2. As developed in the article required for this week's (Week 5) supplemental reading, "The Usefulness of Narrative Inquiry in Public Administration Research", what is the meaning and purpose of "constructive interpretivism"? Identify how this approach to research inquiry is well suited to honoring and validating practitioner knowledge.

3. From among the readings on pragmatism (Week 3) and narrative inquiry (Week 5), identify 3 concepts you found particularly useful and/or illuminating for helping you to better understand the purposes and intentions of qualitative inquiry.

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