Research in Technical Education

By Dr. P. K. Tulsi | National Institute Of Technical Teachers Training And Research, Chandigarh

Learners enrolled: 679

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.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Not Applicable
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Teacher Education
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Continuing Education
Start Date :	30 Jul 2021
End Date :	31 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2021
Exam Date :	14 Nov 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Email id | swayam@nitttrc.edu.in, swayam@nitttrc.ac.in

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Course layout

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 Techniques

WEEK VII: Formulating a Research Proposal

Funding Agencies

WEEK VIII: Writing a Research Report

Evaluating a Research Report

Books and references

Borg, W and Gall, M (2003). Educational Research: an introduction, New York: Longman.
CPSC. (1984). Developing Skills in Technician Education: Research Module 1 to 11, Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education, Singapore.
Cresswell, John W. and Gutterman, Timothy C. (2019). Educational Research: Planning, Conducting and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research. Person Publication.
Drew, CJ; Hardman, ML and Hosp, JL. (2008). Designing & Conducting Research in Education. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
Gay, LR; Mills, GE. and Ariasian, PW (2012). Educational research: Competencies for Analysis & Application. New York: Pearson.
Johnson, R.B. and Christensen, L.B. (2008) Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches. 3rd Edition, Los Angeles: Sage Publications, Inc.,
Phillip, C; Tino, S and Mario, S (2016). Experimental Design Research – Approaches, Perspectives, Applications. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing

Instructor bio

Dr. P. K. Tulsi

National Institute Of Technical Teachers Training And Research, Chandigarh

Dr. (Ms) PK Tulsi, a former Professor of NITTTR, Chandigarh, has thirty four years of experience in teaching and research. She has occupied several positions during her career including that of Head of Education & Educational Management Department for eleven years and Dean, R& D for three years. She has taught courses like Research Methodology, HRD & Training Methods, Performance Evaluation, Educational Technology etc. to students of Master's in Engineering Education and Master's in Engineering. She has coordinated about five hundred faculty development programmes in the areas of education and education management including Induction Training Programmes for newly recruited faculty.She has presented papers at national and international conferences in India and abroad and undertaken thirty three research studies in Technical Education including sponsored research projects.

Course certificate

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