Research Methods for Adult Educators in AfricaThis book explores rationales for research methodologies embedded in African contexts. Issues discussed include: contexts for adult education research in Africa; philosophical and theoretical foundations of inquiry; philosophical perspectives and their implications for research; doing a literature review; getting started with a research proposal; quantitative research designs and carrying out surveys; summarising and analysing survey data; the nature of qualitative research; carrying out qualitative studies; combining qualitative and quantitative methods; research ethics; action research; feminist research approaches; and writing up and disseminating research. |
Contents
Research agendas | 12 |
40 | 107 |
42 | 114 |
51 | 122 |
Chapter 8 Qualitative research | 140 |
Datagathering techniques | 146 |
Observation | 155 |
Chapter 9 Doing a qualitative study | 162 |
Data analysis | 172 |
Chapter 10 Combining methods | 180 |
Chapter 11 Action research | 192 |
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Research Methods for Adult Educators in Africa Bagele Chilisa,Julia Preece No preview available - 2005 |
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action research ACTIVITY adult education research African contexts African perspective African philosophy African Renaissance Afrocentric analysis approach caregivers Chapter Chilisa colonial cultural data collection discussed dissemination educa Egerton University Emang Basadi ence ensure epistemologies ethics evaluation example experiences feminism feminist feminist research focus group focus group interviews framework Gaborone gender HIV/AIDS identify indigenous knowledge instance interpretation involved issues language lifelong learning literature review marginalised ment methodology munity Ntseane observation Omolewa organisations participatory rural appraisal policy makers population practice procedures qualitative research quantitative questionnaire random sampling reality relationship relevant research design research methods research participants research problem research process research proposal research questions research study researcher's response role selected Setswana simple random sampling skills social statistical strategies summary survey techniques texts theory tion tive topic traditional understanding UNESCO University of Botswana validity value systems variables village Western women worldviews writing