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Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 22- The 4-day workshop on ‘Action Research- Methodology, strategies and supervision’ organized by the Research wing of MIER College of Education to sharpen the research skills of its faculty members concluded here today. Dr. Lokesh Kaul, Prof. Emeritus and former Dean Faculty of Education, H.P. University was the Chief Resource Person for the workshop. Chairman MIER, Dr. Arun Gupta was the Guest of Honour. Dr. Renu Gupta Director MIER formally welcomed the honoured resource person and the participants on this occasion. In her address she introduced Dr. Lokesh Kaul as an eminent educationist who has achieved laurels in the area of Educational Research and has contributed a lot to the growth of research in the entire country.
Dr. Arun K. Gupta in address stressed the need of Action Research for teachers and administrators for the improvement of their educational practices. Congratulating the organizers and expressed that such workshops would help the faculty members to hone their action research skills and become better researchers..
In the workshop Dr. Lokesh Koul threw light on the nature of educational research and briefed the participants about the concept, process and steps in conducting action research. He also explained the difference between action research and formal research and emphasized that research needs cooperation, involvement, logistic support, courage and should have local and specific applicability. He suggested that the topics of action research should be related to the grass root problems and also stressed that competence should be developed in creating good questionnaires, conducting case studies and developing specific tools of measurement. He also disseminated information on the concept of Sampling to the participants.
Dr Adit Gupta, Joint Director MIER expressed gratitude to the learned speaker for conducting a high quality workshop for the benefit of the faculty members thereby motivating them to become effective researchers. The Workshop concluded by distribution of certificates to the participants.
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