Research methods for adult educators in Africa / Bagele Chilisa, Julia Preece.
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TextSeries: African perspectives on adult learningPublisher: Hamburg, Germany : UNESCO Institute for Education ; 2005Publisher: Cape Town, South Africa : Pearson Education, 2005Description: xvii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9282011186
- 9789282011188
- LC5258.A2 C45 2005
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| LC5257.3 S53 2003 دراسات في المناهج والادارة التعليمية: (رؤية نقدية معاصرة) / | LC5257.3 .T37 2002 تطوير تعليم الكبار في الوطن العربي : وقائع اجتماع قيادات تعليم الكبار لوضع تصور لتطوير برامج الكبار في الوطن العربي : تونس: 24-26/12/2001 / | LC5257.3 .T37 2002 تطوير تعليم الكبار في الوطن العربي : وقائع اجتماع قيادات تعليم الكبار لوضع تصور لتطوير برامج الكبار في الوطن العربي : تونس: 24-26/12/2001 / | LC5258.A2 C45 2005 Research methods for adult educators in Africa / | LC5258.A2 I53 2006 The social context of adult learning in Africa / | LC5258.E3 N34 1956 نحو مواطن مثقف : برنامج لتثقيف الكبار / | LC5258.E3 T33 2006 التعلم الذاتي و المستمر في المدرسة المصرية : مباحث فى الشروط و المتطلبات / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book explores and critiques existing research paradigms, presents African counter-arguments and examples, and proposes methodologies more appropriate for African contexts. The emphasis is on African realities, values and ways of knowing.--Publisher's description.
Contexts: Key research concepts ; Personal skills ; African contexts ; Politics of research ; Research agendas ; Relating topics ; Research questions -- Foundations of inquiry: Situating knowledge systems ; Positivist / post-positivist paradigm ; The interpretative paradigm ; The emancipatory paradigm -- African perspectives: Research methods, African contexts ; Imperialism and colonialism ; African philosophy ; Perceptions of reality ; Community-centred knowledge ; Story-telling framework ; Cultural artifacts ; Language as knowledge -- Doing a literature review -- Getting started: Positioning the researcher ; Knowing the discipline ; Identifying a research problem ; Writing a research proposal ; Elements of a research proposal -- Carrying out a survey: Quantitative designs ; Survey research ; Sample selection methods ; Sampling in African contexts ; Surveys and design structures ; Questionnaire surveys ; Administering a survey ; Implementing a survey -- Working with survey data: Preparing for data analysis ; Descriptive statistics ; Measures of central tendency ; Measures of dispersion ; Significance testing ; Chi-square test -- Qualitative research -- Doing a qualitative study -- Combining methods -- Action research -- Feminist research -- Research ethics -- Writing up and disseminating research: Audience, purpose and style ; Preliminary material ; The main body ; Other important components ; General reports ; Dissemination in Africa ; Policy, practice and community -- Adinkra symbols.
