18 Jun 2017

CBSE UGC NET / JRF Tutorial for Social Work - Paper 1 - Types of Research

Question: The principal of a school conducts an interview session of teachers and students with a
view to explore the possibility of their enhanced participation in school programmes. This
endeavour may be related to which type of research ?

Options: (1) Evaluation Research (2) Fundamental Research  (3) Action Research (4) Applied Research


Let us see what these research streams are about;

(1) Evaluation Research - An evaluation research tries to evaluate an already existing program / project to improve its outcomes and impact. The researcher evaluate the social intervention and find out the gaps and issues. Source: Evaluation Research: An Overview. Ronald R. Powell. Volume 55, Number 1, Summer 2006. pp. 102-120 | 10.1353/lib.2006.0050. Project Muse

(2) Fundamental Research - Fundamental research also called as pure research or basic research is done to theoretically improve current scientific understanding. It is purely related to academic interests and is focused on long term. It is to explore a particular phenomena and to understand more about it. Researchers in Universities conduct such research to discover scientific principles that will help the humanity in large. Eg: laws of gravitational force in Physics. Source: Wikipedia

(3) Action Research - Action research is conducted to improve the actions / performance of an organisation or an institution or a team of people. It is conducted by and for those who are part of the organisation. Action researches are mostly conducted in the field of education with a selected number of participants. Sources: Guiding School Improvement with Action Research. Richard Sagor. ASCD. and GMU

(4) Applied Research - Applied research is done to understand a phenomena and try to change or alter its nature using scientific methods. It takes portions of Fundamental Research which can be practically managed with and develop interventions or new technology to interfere to intervene in the outcomes of the phenomena.


Now What is the answer for the question? Did you get it?


The Answer is (3) Action Research



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