INFO4MYSTREY , Best Mark Mystery

Recently, a university professor wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper. He commented that people shouldn’t put too much weight on the recently released trends in SRA scores of the state’s days later, the paper printed a scathing response from a community member who questioned whether the University really wanted someone on their staff who didn’t even know the purpose of education. Clearly, this person assumed that his definition of education was shared by all. What is the meaning of education? Webster defines education as the process of educating or teaching (now that’s really useful, isn’t it?) Educate is further defined as “to develop the knowledge, skill, or character of...” Thus, from these definitions, we might assume that the purpose of education is to develop the knowledge, skill, or character of students. Unfortunately, this definition offers little unless we further define words such as develop, knowledge , and character . What is knowledge ? Is it ...

·         The basis of educational research is sound philosophy of education . Most of the problems are highly complex. Philosophy gives the basis for evaluating any principles and activities of research. According to Robert R.Rusk, “in any application of scientific procedure to education, a sound philosophy as well as sound commonsense must be involved to save the scientific procedure from itself”. ·         Educational research requires imagination and insight as much as scientific attitude of mind : Educational research deals with problems of motivation and ethics , which necessitate varied interpretations and assumptions. It need cannot be satisfied without reasonable degree of imagination and insight. ·         It requires an inter-disciplines approach: An educational problem can acquire the characteristics of several disciplines like philosophy, psychology, sociology, eco...

1.           The research problem: A researcher must first decide on the general problem area. This step is often difficult for researchers to start. Obstacles is not due to a lack of problems, but in fact the beginners must choose a problem early, when their understanding of how to do research is the most limited.             Educational research start with the selection of a problem that the researcher identifies from the area or field of is interest. The problem should be such that can be clearly stated. The statement of the problem must be complete. It must be presented in forms that make absolutely clear what data or evidence must be obtained in order to solve the problem.      2.        Formulation of hypothesis:  Educational research should make use of carefully formulated hypothesis. These may be formally stated or implied....

In addition to the features of education that influence research, there are also aspects of education research as a field that help clarify the nature of scientific inquiry in education. A perspective of education research as an enterprise points to some of the infrastructure supports that sustain it. Three of these education research characteristics are noteworthy in this regard: its multidisciplinary nature, ethical considerations, and its reliance on relationships with education practitioners. 1.         Multiple Disciplinary Perspectives  The variability and complexity of education are the grist for the academic’s disciplinary mill. Multiple scientific disciplines study education and contribute knowledge about it. Economists study the incentive structures of schooling to understand the relationship between interventions designed to change behavior and educational outcomes. Developmental psychologists and subject-matter specialists study fu...

                         According to the Cornell, “Research is, literally speaking a kind of human behavior, an activity which people engage. In education teachers and administrators, scholars or other engaged in educational research when they systematically assemble information about school, school children, the social matrix or the interaction between the school and the pupils”.                         In other words, educational research refers to a systematic attempt to gain a better understanding of the educational process, with a view to improve its efficiency. Educational research is nothing but an application of scientific method to the study of educational problems or educational thoughts.                  ...

     Elements of curriculum are:           1.      Objectives of Curriculum: Educational objectives are the statements that describe in precise, measurable terms what learners will be able to do at the end of an instructional sequence. A well-written objective includes the audience for whom the object ive intended the observed and/or recorded behavior must be performed. When writing objectives, consider how you would test learners to determine if they achieved what you want them to achieve.         On the basis of situation analysis, objectives are selected. Objectives serve as the blue prints for the development of curriculum. Characteristics of Objectives: ·          Objective statements should provide guidelines for teachers, materials writers, test writers and learners. ·          These should be st...