Why is research important in education?

Why is research important in education?

1. Educational research is

   • Focused on educative communities
     • Teaching processes
       • Teachers are recipients of knowledge
     • Learning processes
       • Learners are consumers of knowledge
   • An organized process
     • To solve educative problems
     • To collect data
     • To analyze educative situations
     • To understand the educative phenomenons
   • An inquiry
     • Intentional
     • Systematic
     • Purposel

2. Why carry out

   • To improve practice
     • Improve educational outcomes
     • Improve behavior as a teacher
       • Introduce new behavior strategies
     • Achieve better educative life
   • To explore issues
     • Identify the problem
     • Establish the specific question
     • Find answers
   • To find the impact
     • Make jugdments
     • Conduct the research
     • Collect information

3. Practitioners as educational researchers

   • They need to
     • Evaluate
     • Examine
     • Understand
       • the consequences
         • of doing
         • of not doing
     • Plan
     • Compare
     • Contrast
   • They must
     • Apply the research findings
       • Principles
       • Theories
       • Methods
       • Strategies
     • Analyse boundaries
     • Observe students
       • Experiences and circustances
         • Cultural
         • Social
         • Economic
         • Phycologycal
     • Create relations between
       • Research
       • Theory
       • Practice
     • Provide verified solutions
       • For improving educative life
   • They need to be
     • Organised
     • Reasonable
     • Analytical
     • Objective

4. Perspectives

   • Differences between
     • Research - practice
     • Theory-action

5. Objectives

   • Develop
     • Universal theories
     • Useful methods
   • Improve
     • Quality of education
   • Find out
     • The best strategies
     • Applicable principles

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