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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
Contd…
A.3 Basic educationVocational/ professional Pre primaryA. 4Institution as a wholeA.5 Institutional policy/mechanism
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
Contd…
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)
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
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
Approaches
Longitudinal studies: more specifically related to outcomes
Macro studiesCase studiesMixed methods research: qualitative and
quantitative paradigmsCollaborative research: inter departmental,
NGOs, field based organizations
Persons undertaking research
Academicians-UG, PG, Ph.D, Depts. and Centres
StudentsTeacher training centresSchool teachersPre-school teachersNGO’s and field based organisationsGovernmental bodies
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
Summing up
Dissemination
Best Practices
Evaluation Studies
Policy
HE EFA Research