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The Oxford English Dictionary defines paradigm (pær&ip.schwa;da&ip.iscp;m) as “example or pattern, esp., of inflexions of noun, verb, etc.” (Simpson and Weiner 1989). In science and philosophy, a paradigm may be considered as a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns that have developed to guide workers in a specific area. In his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Kuhn (1996; first published in 1962) defines a scientific paradigm as: “universally recognized scientific achievements that, for a time, provide model problems and solutions for a community of practitioners.”