Spring post 1: research/project design

After reading the text provided about research/project design, I have a very confused look on my own project.  I'm not quite sure how to describe my project.

The way I describe my project (without linking it to the text) is a study on the effectiveness of using a non-traditional teaching strategy in science education.  Does learning take place using hands-on, practical lessons rather than using textbooks, lectures and testing?  Essentially, my goal is to try to find an alternative to the education I had, which I found very boring and (as a result) inefficient.

The basis of the final result is heavily influenced by the students.  While there is an aspect of comparison in the study, the results aren't very empirically based.  The data I wish to collect comes from the students' perception of their performance, the feelings they have toward the project and their evaluation of the effectiveness of this strategy.  As a teacher, my primary concern is for my students.  If they aren't having a positive experience it's not worth-while to continue to subject them to something they don't like or aren't benefiting from.

Based on the Creswell text, the project I want to do seems to draw from various categories listed.  The first connection I can find is to Social Constructivism, in the sense that this project relies "as much as possible on the participants' views of the situation being studied" (Creswell p. 8).  It also has connection to Social Construcivism because this project is based on social interactions, how students will react to a different learning style.
The second connection I can find is to Advocacy/Participatory philosophy.  While I don't consider myself political or an advocacy type of person, the definition of this philosophy is similar to this study.  Advocacy/Participatory philosophy has studies that lead to some sort of change in peoples' lives.  This study being tied directly to the education of people, if it is successful it may lead to changes in the way science is taught.
This study is also linked to the Postpositive philosophy in the sense that it is challenging the accepted form of education that is in place.  While the postpositive philosophy also includes a great deal of scientific principles (scientific method, hypothesis, observation, etc.) that's not the link to my science based project.

So I stand here pretty confused as to what category my project falls under.  I have links to different categories but I'm not sure which best describes my project.  It seems my goal is Advocacy/Participatory based, my methods are Social Constructivist based and the implementation of my study is Postpositive based.