1. Presented To:
Dr. A.K. Kalia
Associate Professor
Dept. of Education
M.D.U., Rohtak.
SEMINAR ON EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH: NATURE, SCOPE &
TYPES
Presented By:
Name: Shikha Sharma
Course: M.Phil.
Roll No.: 91
Dept. of Education
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3. The word “research” is derived from the
French word “recherche”, which means
“to go about seeking”, “to search after or
to investigate”.
The term itself being derived from French
term “recerchier” a compound word from
“re” + “cerchier”, or “sercher” meaning
„search‟.
So research is a scientific and systematic
search for pertinent information on a
specific concept or fact.
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5. Definition of Research
According to Redman & Mory, “Systematic effort to gain
new knowledge”.
According to Creswell, “Research is a process of steps
used to collect and analyze information to increase our
understanding of a topic or issue”.
According to John Best, “Research is to be the formal,
systematic, intensive process of carrying on the scientific
method of analysis. It involves a more systematic
structure of investigation, usually resulting in some sort
of formal record of procedures and a report of results or
conclusion”.
7. EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
The term Educational Research consists of two
words “education” & “research”. Education means
modification in behavior and research means a
systematic inquiry.
So, Educational Research is the systematic
attempt to gain better understanding of
educational process, generally with a view to
improve its efficiency.
According to Mouly, “educational research is
systematic application of scientific method for
solving educational problems”.
8. Nature of Educational Research
1. It is systematic: It is systematic because it has step by step
process starts from problem formulation, literature review,
hypotheses formulation, research design, data collection,
data analysis & ends at Report-writing.
2. It is scientific: It is scientific because it contains Rules,
Principles, methods, techniques for conducting the
research.
3. It has objectivity: It is carried out on some topic/issue &
has an objective to collect information related for the
same.
4. It has verifiability: Educational research results can be
verified.
9. Nature of Educational Research
5. It has definiteness: Educational research has definiteness as it is
directed towards a direction and on specific topic.
6. It is an art & science both: It is an art because it provides the
researcher necessary skill to collect, analyze & presentation. It
is science because it uses various scientific tools for data
collection & data analysis.
7. It has wider scope: It is used in almost all areas of education
like philosophy, psychology, sociology, technology, educational
planning etc.
8. It is a tool for development of new knowledge: educational
research act as a tool for the development of new knowledge or
method or technique with the generalization of results.
10. Nature of Educational Research
9. It aids in decision making: As educational research
provides result on that basis, it helps educators to adopt
new methods or approaches in educational system.
10. It is qualitative & quantitative both: It collects
quantitative data like scores & qualitative data like
attitude, opinionnaire etc.
11. It relies on empirical evidences: It relies for the results on
the experiment & observation.
12. Types of Educational Research
On The Basis of Purpose
• Basic Research / Fundamental Research
• Applied Research
• Action Research
• Evaluation Research
On The Basis of Method
• Historical Research
• Descriptive Research
• Experimental Research
• Casual Comparative Research
• Correlational Research
• Conceptual Research