Short description
This book explores and critiques existing research paradigms, presents African counter-arguments and examples, and proposes methodologies more appropriate for African contexts. The emphasis is on African realities, values and ways of knowing.
Long description
Table of Contents:
Contexts for adult education research in Africa
Philosophical and theoretical foundations of inquiry
Philosophical perspectives and their implications for research
Doing a literature review
Getting started with a research proposal
Quantitative research designs and carrying out surveys
Summarising and analysing survey data
The nature of qualitative research
Carrying out qualitative studies
Combining qualitative and quantitative methods
Research ethics
Action research
Feminist research approaches
Writing up and disseminating research
Table of contents
Table of Contents:
Contexts for adult education research in Africa
Philosophical and theoretical foundations of inquiry
Philosophical perspectives and their implications for research
Doing a literature review
Getting started with a research proposal
Quantitative research designs and carrying out surveys
Summarising and analysing survey data
The nature of qualitative research
Carrying out qualitative studies
Combining qualitative and quantitative methods
Research ethics
Action research
Feminist research approaches
Writing up and disseminating research
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