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A.1 Early childhood care and education Quality of education Learning skills for young people A.2 Access to education Educational policy Learning outcomes Teacher training A. Areas of Research

HEEFA Research Action Plan, India

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This presents part one of the Action Plan developed at the IAU Workshop on higher education for EFA, held in New Delhi, India on 20-21 February 2014. It deals with how to better engage research undertaken by Indian universities to achieve EFA.

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A.1 Early childhood care and educationQuality of educationLearning skills for young peopleA.2Access to educationEducational policyLearning outcomesTeacher training

A. Areas of Research

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A.3 Basic educationVocational/ professional Pre primaryA. 4Institution as a wholeA.5 Institutional policy/mechanism

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Focus areas of primary and secondary research

A. Primary research:

1. Components of quality-pedagogy, learning outcomes, evaluation of programmes/systems, multi-lingualism and its relationship to teaching and learning 2. Documentation of best practices, all levels3. Developing culturally appropriate assessment methodology, esp. tools4. Documenting cultural practices5. Research on learning outcomes for children

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5. Socio-academic profiles of persons in HEIs 6. Studying institutional/policy mechanisms that promote research. 7. Research with young adults from diverse academic backgrounds on how they can contribute to EFA8. Case-studies of personal transformation among teachers/students/others engaged in EFA related activity (Documenting mutuality of benefit)

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Action Research

Methodologies of teachingSkill development for undertaking research

at various levels: students/ teachersUse of newer technologies for undertaking

research Collaborating with NGOs/ Field based

organizations/ various departments of universities

Creating research websites for disseminationEnsuring feedback as an outcome of research

to ensure change in practices

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Secondary research

1. Consolidation and Meta analysis of existing researches/studies

2. Review of areas of research that feed into EFA goals

3. Understanding issues of access: gender, caste, class, language, ability/disability

4. Looking at CSR policy and expenditure of Industries for linkages with EFA (if at all!)

5. RTI as a tool to understand EFA goals

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Approaches

Longitudinal studies: more specifically related to outcomes

Macro studiesCase studiesMixed methods research: qualitative and

quantitative paradigmsCollaborative research: inter departmental,

NGOs, field based organizations

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Persons undertaking research

Academicians-UG, PG, Ph.D, Depts. and Centres

StudentsTeacher training centresSchool teachersPre-school teachersNGO’s and field based organisationsGovernmental bodies

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Processes

Awareness of areas that need researchAwareness of methodsPermissions and protocolsDocumentationDissemination of research findingImplementation of teaching learning processes at

the school levelFundingEthical considerationsCultural appropriateness of methods and practices

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Summing up

Dissemination

Best Practices

Evaluation Studies

Policy

HE EFA Research