education research-dr. rico jacoba

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Dr Rico Jacoba


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IntroductionThere is a dearth of well designed social science

research in the developing world. Amongst the

contributing factors, the commonly known reasons arelack of intellectual and financial resources and formal

documentation. In order to bring change in the existing

system, the academic community needs to promote

research in all domains.


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Types of Research Historical Research

Developmental Research

Surveys Case Studies

Collaborative

Experimental

Accounts / Narratives

Action Research


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Research Approaches Quantitative

Qualitative

Eclectic


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Research in Education Research is best conceived as the process of arriving at

dependable solutions to the problems throughplanned and systematic collection, analysis andinterpretation ofdata

(Mouly, 1978)


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Qualitative vs. Quantitative Maslows states when the only tool you have is a

hammer ,every problem begins to look like a nail.

In cultures that value oral traditions and where kinshipand relationship are of pre eminent importance aqualitative approach is more appropriate becausehuman behavior is shaped in our context and events

cannot be understood adequately if isolated from theircontexts (Sherman and Webb, 1990 p.5).


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Qualitative ResearchAn approach to research that relies on general andnarrative descriptions. It attempts to measure thefull complexity of social phenomena to capture theperceived meanings of those studied.

Bryman (1988a:172) states that qualitative research

is associated with the generation of theories.However, Hammersley (1992) contested that it canalso be used for theory verification.


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Quantitative Research Quantitative research has a usually a fixed design

approach. It has its antecedents in the traditions

variously labeled as scientific, natural science-based,

positivistic, etc. It relies on studying phenomena

through the use of numerical means. It is more

interested in outcomes.


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Emerging Paradigm-EclecticCombining of the two methods.

Qualitative methods look at small scale micro aspects

of social life. Quantitative research is concerned withlarge scale, macro aspects. Combining the two can helpto integrate both levels.

Quantitative research are typically focused on the

researcher's perspective. Qualitative research designscan follow the participants perspectives also.Combining the two can lead to rich results


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Contd The qualitative imagination will tend to demand

that quantitative analysis explains itself in termsof the non-statistical concepts that it is claimingto measure. The quantitative imagination willdemand a degree of precision in definition thatqualitative work may slide away from. It is ourposition that the best option will always be adialogical use of a combination of qualitative andquantitative method. (Brown and Dowling 1998)


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Feminist Perspective Feminist methodology is one set of approaches to the

problems of producing justifiable knowledge of genderrelations.(Ramazanoglu and Holland, 2002; p10).

A feminist research approach does not allow theresearcher to be completely detached from theinterviewee.


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Action Research History of action research usually begin with the workof Kurt Lewin in the 1940s.

Action research is a term which refers to a practical

way of looking at your own work to check that it is asyou would like it to be. Because action research is doneby you, the practitioner, it is often referred to aspractitioner based research; and because it involves

you thinking about and reflecting on your work, it canalso be called a form of self-reflective practice. (McNiff2002)


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Collaborative Research Collaborative research is a form of research which

minimizes the distinction between 'researcher'

and 'researched', in which all participants worktogether as co-researchers' (Ivanic, 1993, p. 103).

Teachers involved in collaborative researchusually feel empowered both professionally and

personally and there is a decrease in their feeingof frustration and isolation. These outcomesare typically attributed to the collaborative natureof teacher research (Henson, 2001: 821).


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Ethnographic Research Students and teachers create patterns over a time in

the way they interact, understand and believe. This

classroom culture becomes invisible and inaudible

because it is so routine and ordinary. Ethnography can

be used to make this culture visible and audible to see

the situation from both etic and emic perspective.

Using ethnography as a method for looking at

classrooms, teachers can understand that what might

be common in one classroom is not common in another

(Green and Dixon, 1993).


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Dilemmas of Research !!!!Ethics

ValidityInsider Research

Anonymity & Confidentiality

Physical & Emotional Strain


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Practitioners as Researchers Disadvantages

Time

Lack of Expertise Lack of confidence

Insider problems

Advantages

Insider Opportunities Practitioner Opportunities

Practitioner Researcher Synergy


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Conclusion The road to research is not easy but it becomes

possible if you;

Negotiate a time allowance with your institution

Work in a team wherever possible

Seek support

Seek advice

Prepared to sell your findings Research could and should have a close link with the

teaching role


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