Syllabus
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Course Code: MAEd 104 Course Name: Research methods in Education (Part One) |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Methods of acquiring scientific knowledge: Tradition, experience, reasoning – inductive anddeductive. 2. Nature and scope of educationalresearch: (a) Meaning, nature andlimitations. (b) Need and purpose of EducationalResearch (c) Scientific enquiry and theorydevelopment. (d) Fundamental, applied and actionresearch. (e) Quantitative and qualitativeresearch. |
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| 2 | 3. Some emerging trends in educationalresearch. 4. Formulation of researchproblem (a) Criteria and sources for identifying theproblem. (b) Delineating and operationalizingvariables. (c) Review of related literature: Importance and various sources includinginternet. (d) Developing hypothesis in various types ofresearch. |
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| 3 | 5. Collection ofData (a) Types of data: Quantitative andqualitative (b) Tools, techniques and Characteristics of a good researchtool; (c) Questionnaire, (d) Interview, (e) Observation, (f) Projective,and (g) Sociometric techniques. |
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| 4 | 6. Sampling: Concept of population andsample (a) Steps and Characteristics of a goodsample. (b) Various methods of sampling: Probability andNon-probability. (c) Sampling errors and how to reducethem. |
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