SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL

RESEARCH
By

Masood ur Rehman
Objectives of The Lesson
SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH
■ Educational research primarily focuses on experimentation to gain awareness on a
specific topic. We can measure the scope of educational research through the analysis of
the benefits research through the analysis of the benefits derived from the research
process of any specific areas of the education. In common, benefits of educational
research are:
■ Inform action
■ Solve existing problems
■ Research and decision-making
■ In-depth analysis
Scope of educational research extended
in each field of education…
■ Curriculum
■ Textbook and Syllabi
■ Methods of Teaching
■ School Organization
■ Educational Aids Equipment
■ Child Development
■ Skills
■ Guidance and Counselling
■ Educational Administration and Management
■ Educational Measurement
■ Educational Technology
■ Special Education
■ Comparative Education
■ Teacher Education
CURRICULUM

■ In curriculum construction research can give answers to 3 questions

– What to teach? (at various levels of education , to various types of pupils)

– How much?

– In what form?(inside /outside learning )

TEXTBOOKS AND SYLLABI

■ A research activity can prescribe appropriate textbooks and syllabi suitable to the aims
and objectives of the curriculum, example) modern curriculum give importance to IT
education
METHODS OF TEACHING

■ Research can be made in comparison between traditional approach with modern

approach of teaching
– example) comparison between lecture method and discussion method
SCHOOL ORGANISATION

■ Research can answer to existing problems in

– – Age of entrance to school

– – Proper size of class

– – Efficiency of teaching

– – Examination procedures

– – Promotion and wastage

– – Co-education

– – Comprehensive or multipurpose schools

EDUCATIONAL AIDS EQUIPMENTS

■ Research is required for

– – Construction, utilization, and evaluations and the effectiveness of audio- visuals

– – Designing of proper building, chairs, desks, tables, lockers, furniture's etc.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

■ A proper research in this area can give a clear idea about:

–Conditions which lead to hamper a full and harmonious development of a child's

personality

–Provision for individual differences (gifted children, backward children, maladjusted,

delinquent children)
SKILLS

■ A proper research can provide much better ideas in development of skills of

–Reading (vocabulary, comprehension, speed)
–Spelling
–Handwriting(speed, legibility, fluency)

• Research can also prescribe proper diagnostic and remedial measures too
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

■ Role of family and neighborhood in making the children adjusted in the society

■ Methodology of vocational guidance for children belonging to different stratas of

society

■ Identification of success factors in the life of students

■ Adaptations of foreign tests and inventories to Indian situation

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
AND MANAGEMENT
■ In this area research can answer to the problems of,

– Freedom and responsibility(Students, teachers, Head of departments, and department of education

– Finance,

– Educational planning and legislations

– Implications of management theories on educational institutions

– Supervision and performance

– Liberalization and privatization of education in India and so- on

 EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT
■ A research can make suggestions in

■ The existing forms of tests.

■ The construction and standardization of more valid and reliable instruments

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Educational research in this field is helpful in

■ Development of new teaching strategy

■ Analysis of role of technology in education

■ Proper application of psychology in the field of education

■ Development of new audio-visual aids

SPECIAL EDUCATION

■ Physically challenged are both genetic and acquired

■ In India there are 34 millions of Physically Challenged

■ Only research can provide proper solutions to their problems

■ Proper scientific investigation have enough scope in this field of study

COMPARATIVE EDUCATION

■ Through educational research we can generalize that geographical ,cultural ,

socioeconomic and political conditions influence educational systems of different
countries

■ It is possible to make a comparative analysis of various educational systems with all of

it’s background factors(economy, politics..etc)
TEACHER EDUCATION

Research can be conducted in

■ Goals of teacher education

■ Curriculum, syllabi, methods …etc. of teacher education

■ Personality of teachers

■ Job analysis

■ Aptitude analysis