Methodology Of Educational Research

METHODOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (FOURTH EDITION)
LOKESH KOUL
VIKAS
UNI
Knowledge of research methodology is essential for all those who either play an active role in conducting research or desire to keep themselves abreast of the contemporary developments in the field of knowledge. Keeping this in mind, the Fourth Edition of Methodology of Educational Research has been thoroughly revised. The book contains an up-to-date account of the methods and techniques suited to the field of education and other allied disciplines and thus provides an understanding of significant research problems that need to be tackled.
The book discusses the steps that a researcher is expected to know for conducting a research study. It also elaborates upon the quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques, the use of descriptive and inferential statistics, reporting the results of research along with the characteristics and uses of historical, descriptive, ethnographic and experimental methods. Case Studies also form an important part of the text. Priority areas of educational research in India in the context of National Education Policy (1986) and its Programme of Action (1992), UGC, DEC-IGNOU (2006), NCERT (2005) and UNESCO initiatives and policies as well as the Surveys of Research in Education (1997, 2006) have been provided.
Designed and written mainly for the students of M.A. (Education, Psychology and Sociology), M.Ed. and M.Phil. (Education, Psychology and Sociology), the book will be of immense value to Ph.D. students as well as other researchers of Social Sciences, Biological Sciences, Management, Legal Studies, Humanities and Languages.
New in the Fourth Edition
A new chapter on 'Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Nature and Methods'
Revised and updated text as per the latest guidelines and thrusts in the educational policy to add clarity
Concept coverage in greater detail with a view Restructuring of the entire text
LOKESH KOUL, is a holder of Masters degree in Mathematics, M.Ed. (Gold Medalist) and Ph.D. in Education.
He has been conferred the status of Professor Emeritus in view of his significant contributions in teaching and
research in Education and other allied disciplines.
He worked as a Professor, Head and Dean, Faculty of Education, and Dean of Studies and Academic Affairs of Himachal Pradesh University. He served as an Expert Member of various bodies, viz., UGC Panel on Education, Distance Education Council (IGNOU), Research Council (IGNOU), Education Research and Innovation Committee (NCERT), Research Advisory Board (NIOS), ICSSR and Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service (London). He has also been the UGC Visiting Professor in a number of universities.
Prof. Koul has been regularly contributing research papers to various national and international journals. He has also been associated with editing Encyclopedia of Indian Education, Indian Educational Abstracts, Surveys of Educational Research (NCERT) along with resource instructional materials, project reports and seminar documents of IGNOU. He has also directed and supervised a number of major NCERT, NIEPA and UGC research projects.