ACTION RESEARCH & FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

1. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY PRESENTATION ON “ACTION RESEARCH & FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH” PRESENTED TO: DR. NANDAN VELANKAR PRESENTED BY : SHUBHAM NANDI(55) PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH, GWALIOR

2. WHAT IS RESEARCH?

3. RESEARCH GENERATES KNOWLEDGE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

4. WHAT IS ACTION RESEARCH?

5. TYPES OF ACTION RESEARCH Individual Teacher Research – usually focuses on a single issue in the classroom. Collaborative Action Research – may include as few as two teachers or a group of several teachers and others interested in addressing in a classroom or department issue. School-wide Research – focuses on issue common to all. District-wide Research – far more complex and utilizes more resources, but the rewards can be great. Issues can be organizational, community- based, performance-based or processes for decision making.

6. ACTION RESEARCH PROCESS These seven steps , which become an endless cycle for the inquiring teacher, are the following:

7. THREE PURPOSES FOR ACTION RESEARCH As stated earlier, action research can be engaged in by an individual teacher, a collaborative group of colleagues sharing a common concern, or an entire school faculty. These three different approaches to organizing for research serve three compatible, yet distinct, purposes: Building the reflective practitioner Making progress on school wide priorities Building professional cultures

8. BUILDING THE REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER

9. MAKING PROGRESS ON SCHOOL WIDE PRIORITIES

10. BUILDING PROFESSIONAL CULTURES

11. BENEFITS OF ACTION RESEARCH Focus on school issue, problem or area of collective interest. Form of teacher professional development. Collegial interactions. Potential to impact school change. Reflect on own practice. Improved communications.

12. WHAT IS FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH?

13. FIVE BASIC TYPES OF RESEARCH STUDIES

14. BASIC STEPS IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS

15. ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES The people individual studied are unaware so they act naturally or as they usually do in everyday situation. It is less expensive and time consuming than quantitative experiments. Collects a large amount of notes for detailed studying. As it is used to describe and not make any conclusions it is to start the research with it; DISADVANTAGES Descriptive research requires more skills. Does not identify cause behind a phenomenon Response rate is low in this research. Results of this research can change over the period of time.

16. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH & ACTION RESEARCH To better understand the concept of Action Research, it would be better to differentiate between fundamental and action research. These differences can be summarized as under: 1. Objectives: Develop & test educational theories. Find solutions to specific problems in a situation 2.Training: Superior training is required in Research Methodology. Limited training is required. 3.Selection of a Problem: Wide study is done to select a problem Problems are identified by teachers in teaching learning process. Basis Fundamental Research Action Research 4.Hypothesis: Highly specific hypotheses is formed Action Hypotheses are developed

17. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH & ACTION RESEARCH Basis Fundamental Research Action Research 5.Review of Literature: Extensive & thorough study of literature. No such thorough review is needed. 6.Sample: Large sample size is required. Teacher takes the students of a class as sample. 7.Analysis of Data: Complex analysis is done. Very simple analysis is done. 8.Conclusions: In form of developing theories or generalizations. In form of specific results. 9.Application of Results: Generalizations have broad applicability. Results are implemented in classroom situations to see the outcome

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