Examine How Educational Research Can Improve the Quality of Teaching and Learning
Research is influenced by the need to find an appropriate solution to a dilemma. In the absence of a dilemma or a problem it becomes logically illegitimate to undertake a research. Among a vast array of sources that have been used to acquire knowledge some of which have been deemed to unorthodixical and unreliable. Research has proven to be a consistent reliable source of knowledge. Research basically involves three areas which include process of data collection, summation of the data and a critical analysis of the data. Success in educational research is determined by the researcher’s knowledge of the problem, what type of data he or she has to collect, what information can be inferred from the data coupled with how the data should be analysed in an endeavour to make a meaningful interpretation. This write up seeks to make a critical analysis or examination of how Educational research can improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Cohen, (1998) see research as a systematic and objective experimentation which allow feedback and assessment to be created. The Praxis enables both the teacher and student to observe judge and act approximately in order for the desired possible outcomes to be realised. Thus educational research makes it possible for quality teaching and learning to take place.
It is worthwhile to present a clear testimonial of positive and strategic innovations that have accrued in the special needs education field where appropriate adaptions have since been implemented in an endeavour to enhance the optimal independent mobility and educational performance of students with disabilities. For instance Educational research has been used in an endeavour to determine how students who are visually blind can be assisted to maximise their educational development. This resulted in the adaptation of any array of devices such as braille, software technology and computer design, optical and electro optical devices, light and glare control devices and visual
Cohen, (1998) see research as a systematic and objective experimentation which allow feedback and assessment to be created. The Praxis enables both the teacher and student to observe judge and act approximately in order for the desired possible outcomes to be realised. Thus educational research makes it possible for quality teaching and learning to take place.
It is worthwhile to present a clear testimonial of positive and strategic innovations that have accrued in the special needs education field where appropriate adaptions have since been implemented in an endeavour to enhance the optimal independent mobility and educational performance of students with disabilities. For instance Educational research has been used in an endeavour to determine how students who are visually blind can be assisted to maximise their educational development. This resulted in the adaptation of any array of devices such as braille, software technology and computer design, optical and electro optical devices, light and glare control devices and visual
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