Research in Technical Education

Technical education system has shown tremendous growth during the last two decades and quality of technical education system is under criticism. The various sub-components of the system namely, input, curriculum and instructional processes, output, resources, management etc. need improvement. For introducing changes in the system, data and information need to be systematically gathered, analyzed and interpreted. In other words, systematic research needs to be undertaken. Educational research can provide laudable support to teachers in various aspects of teaching-learning and other related activities undertaken by them. Undertaking or conducting research involves formulating research proposal, organizing and conducting research, writing research report and evaluating research. The course on “Research in Technical Education: aims at enabling the learners to acquire the capabilities of selecting and defining research problem, describing the methodology of research, collecting the data and analyzing and interpreting the results to conduct the research effectively.

WEEK I: Research in Technical Education: An Introduction Review of Related Literature:
WEEK II: Selecting and Defining a Research Problem
Selecting Research Design and Describing Procedure-Descriptive Research-Survey
Research, Case Study Research and
Content Analysis Research
WEEK III: Correlation Research Ex-Post Facto Research
WEEK IV: Experimental Research
Action Research WEEK V: Sampling Techniques- Probability and
Non-Probability Sampling Techniques Measuring Instruments- Questionnaires, Interview
Schedule, Observation Schedule and Standardised Tests WEEK VI: Collection of Data
Analysis of Data - Descriptive and Inferential
Statistical TechniquesWEEK VII: Formulating a Research Proposal
Funding Agencies
WEEK VIII: Writing a Research Report
Evaluating a Research Report