Educational Research An African Approach

by Okeke, Chinedu; Van Wyk, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780190409135
• ISBN10: 0190409134
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-12-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Table of Contents

Part 1: The philosophy of research
1. Afrocentricity as a research methodology
2. Positivism and interpretivism: Distinguishing characteristics, criteria and methodology
3. Interpretive research: Construction of meanings
4. Critical research: Understanding material constraints and engaging in transformative action research
5. Developing sensitivity in questions of gender, using feminist research and IKS principles
6. Objectivity, values and subjectivity: Issues of values and ethics in the research process
7. Ethics in human sciences research
Part 2: Planning, designing and conducting educational research
8. The literature review
9. Steps in the research process
10. Research design
11. How researchers define and measure variables
12. Achieving qualitative validity, reliability and generalisability
13. The logic of sampling
14. Survey research methods
15. Experimental methods and data collection
16. The observation method
17. The interview method
18. The questionnaire approach
19. The focus group discussion method
20. Using secondary sources of data
21. The pilot study
Part 3: Analysing fieldwork data
22. Quantitative data analysis: Descriptive statistics
23. Quantitative data analysis: Inferential statistics
24. Application of the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS)
25. Qualitative data analysis
Part 4: Reporting and disseminating research findings
26. Presentation of quantitative research reports
27. Presentation of qualitative research findings
28. Plagiarism: Causes, consequences and preventive strategies
29. Essentials of academic writing
30. Writing for publication: Sharpening your academic writing skills