EDUCATION and RESEARCH

Adult Education and Research Methods



Adult Education and Research Methods

QUESTION 1

“...Educational research finding significantly contribute to both educational theory and educational practice" (Gay, 1996, p. 2). Review the literature for examples of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods of research. Critique qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research for doing research regarding a topic of your choice in the adult education field. 

Introduction

Educational practices have evolved over the past 100 years from the momentum of the accessibility of research into how and why people learn. The major changes in educational applications that appeared between the end of the 19 100 years and today, due to the work of researchers engaged in research to improve understanding of learning.

Many researchers in science theory of another discount of common science science as flexible. Gray, Williamson, Karp, and Dalphin, (2007) make up the scientific community "theories are rarely fully demonstrated." Although some critics that science contradicts common in a pure science detail (qualitative research: paradigms) of the modes of a new investigation of the acquisition and the annualization of information have (qualitative research: paradigms). Recently, in 2009 researchers were still discussing adversity inherent to isolate the document variables from other variables that influence performance. The emergence of quantitative research in the science community aspect of hard science. (American Occupational Therapy Association 1987)

Joseph Mayer Rice, a researcher of educational principles that strongly questioned drill invariable and replicated as an educational practice, documented that the outcome would "freeze" and "dehumanizing" (early contributions to educational research, 2003) students. Rice was discarded concepts and opinions directly to their concepts had the support of specific data (data not covered by rice (first contributions to educational research, 2003). His work together with other famous researchers, who include John Dewey, prepared the groundwork for later researchers. Dewey was an educator appointed day and type of numerous works on education that tried to bring a human component to education.

While Dewey (2010) speaks of the physical aspects of classrooms have changed little since the first description of a Sumerian school room, quoted by Cole, educational theory has evolved. Education, though, has tried to move away from their referral sources in the lineup to pursue a psychology more motivated way. As we learned from the psychology of learning and technology to assess what is learned has developed educational theories have been adapted. (Armstrong 2005)

Educational researchers have experimented with ways education can be more individual and effective. Research has found that relations between the Community financial live range, learning method, the components of wealth, and leverages other uses other on the effectiveness of education. Through educators theoretical research and education have tried to solve many social problems, including but not limited to scarcity, allocation, gender issues, extended learning, transformational learning and mind-body connection meaningful learning of knowledge are the result of global understanding and proof of concepts and not going to live outside the theory-doors.

Educational research and its associated methodologies covering a wide range of research methods, all of which are ...