This book explores rationales for research methodologies embedded in African contexts. Issues discussed include: contexts for adult education research in Africa; philosophical and theoretical foundations of inquiry; philosophical perspectives and their implications for research; doing a literature review; getting started with a research proposal; quantitative research designs and carrying out surveys; summarising and analysing survey data; the nature of qualitative research; carrying out qualitative studies; combining qualitative and quantitative methods; research ethics; action research; feminist research approaches; and writing up and disseminating research.
- ISBN13 9789282011188
- Publish Date 1 February 2006
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country ZA
- Imprint Pearson Education South Africa
- Format Paperback
- Pages 271
- Language English