Action Research in Education

Syllabus

Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith University, Varanasi

Course BED 104

Action Research in Education

Unit-1

1)      Action research: Meaning, Importance, characteristics and objectives of action research,

2)      Concept of fundamental and applied research, difference between traditional (fundamental and applied) research and action research.

Unit-2

1)      Action research for improving class room and school based programmes,

2)      Role of stakeholders in action research projects, Role of action research in improving organizational climate.

Unit-3

1)      Procedure of designing action research: Selection of problem, Formulation of action hypotheses and developing a suitable design for testing of such hypotheses, 

2)      Evaluation of results in action research and their usage.

Unit-4

1)      Developing school based projects for action research; Format of a project and its implementation. Determining intervention based effects in terms of pre-post comparison: Precautions needed,

2)      Formulating an action research based report for the benefit of other practitioners.