The SRM University, formerly SRM Institute of Science and Technology, is a co-educational private university in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

It was founded in 1985 as SRM Engineering College in Kattankulathur, under University of Madras


M.Phil - Master of Philosophy ( 1 Year)

Qualification

Postgraduate of any discipline with Post Graduate in Education (M.Ed )

(or)

Educational Technology (M.Ed Tech)


Papers: -

Education for the New Millennium.

Research Methodology and Educational Statistics.

Paper of introductory nature related to the research area of the scholar

Marks allotted:-

A. 100 marks per paper totaling to 300 marks.

B. Dissertation is for 200 in which 150 is for thesis which will be evaluated by
internal examiner and 50 marks for VIVA VOCE which is assessed by Internal
Examiner & External Examiner, totaling to 500 marks.

TP 301 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS IN EDUCATION


Course Objectives
The candidates are expected to

1. understand the meaning and process of research in education

2. Select suitable research problem

3. Understand the various methods of sampling

4. Understand the characteristics and use of different tools and techniques
for

data collection.

5. Understand the various methods and techniques in educational research

6. Prepares a research proposal research article

7. Understand and apply statistical techniques in educational/action research

8. Understand and apply parametric and non-Parametric list in
educational/action

research

9. interpret results obtained through different techniques of analysis of data

10. Draw generalization and develop research skills needed for a research in

education.

Unit-I

Meaning , objectives, need, importance and purposes of research in

education, types of research basic, applied and action methods. Stage of
research

development in India. Education research at abroad.

Review of related research and literature, purpose and need at different
stages of

research, sources and types, web-based resources- use of internet. Sources,

Criteria of a good research problem and formulating and stating the problem.

Delimitations of the problem. Justification of problem. Common errors in

selecting and formulating a research problem.

Unit-II

Meaning, Characteristic and types of variables and inter-relationship

among different variables.

Definition if hypothesis:- characteristics of a good hypothesis, importance,

sources and types of hypothesis. Uses of hypothesis in different kinds of
research.

Hypothesis testing and generalization, significance level. Errors in hypothesis

testing.

Sampling: concept, need , importance and selection of a sample. Methods of

sampling: Stratified, cluster and multistage, non-probability sampling, quota,

judgment and purposive.

Unit-III

Historical Research: Need, Characteristics and steps in historical research,

technique used in historical research, source collection, criticism and
historical

report writing. Experimental Research: Basis of experiment method. Nature
of

variables involved control of the experiment. Major steps in experimental

methods, validity of research designs. Internal & external validity of
experiments.

Crude Design- One group design static group comparison, Parallel group
design,

Factorial design. Importance of Experimental method and its limitation.

Descriptive Research: Characteristics and steps in descriptive research,
surveys,

correlation and causal comparative studies, case and developmental
studiesNature

and use-steps and interpretation.

Organization and writing of a research report. Format, chapterisation, style
and

bibliography, various uses of computer in research.

Unit IV

Tools and Techniques for Data collection & Report writing.

Meaning, classification, criteria for selection of tools (a) Observation,

Questionnaire, inventory, checklist and attitude scale, Interview, Rating
scales (e)

Schedule and Tests Establishment of validity and reliability. Item analysis.

Unit-V

Descriptive and Inferential statistic

Representation of data-tabular representation of data with regard to level of

measurement. Nominal, ordinal, Interval and Ratio.

The Normal distribution-Theoretical and Empirical distributions,
characteristics of

Normal Probability curve. Deviation from normality and underlying causes
and

application of normal probability curve.

Correlation: Concept, types, coefficient of correlation- assumptions, uses and

interpretation of rank order- product moment, Biserial, point- biserial, partial
and

Multiple correlation.

Regression and prediction: Concept of population, sample, parametric,
statistics

sampling distributions, sampling error and standard error of statistics,
degrees of

freedom, estimation of parameters-point and interval-confidence limits and

confidence intervals.

Unit VI

Test of significance: Concept of Null Hypothesis- Types0 substantive and

statistical, testing of Null- Hypothesis, Types of Error, Level of significance.
Test of

significance- Directional (One tailed) & Non directional (two-tailed tests) .
Concept

of Chi- square, chi-square test, analysis of variance- one way and two way-
analysis

of co-variance.

References:

Babbie ER, Survey Research Methods, Wordsworth, Bebont Ca 1982

Best, John W Research in Education, Prentice Hall of India ( Pvt) Ltd., New

Delhi, 1963

Best , John W and Research in Education, Prentice Hall of India ( Pvt) Ltd.,

Kahn James V New Delhi, 1992.

Buch, MB Education,Ed., CASE, Baroda, India , 1980

TP 302 EDUCATION FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM

The course will deal with the changing factors of the Philosophical,
Sociological,

Cultural, Scientific, Technological, political, Economic and Bio Systems of the
country

and the world and their impact on the educational system and the needed
shifts from the

present to the future.

1. Ontology,epistamology and axiology of the traditional (idealistic, realistic

Pragmatic) modern (positivist) and post modern Philosophies;shif from the

traditional and modern paradigms to post modern paradigm of educational

functions.

2. Population, explosion, globalization, changes in social structure, cultural

invasions: empowerment of marginalized groups-shift in the location of
power

and privilege- implications for education.

3. Post industrialism- post positivism-technology inhuman activities-
technologising

education- technology in knowledge production and distribution, receptivism

to

constructivism in epistemology; rationalism to relativism in axiology;
Technozoic

to ecozoic vision of life and implications in education.

4. Industrial economy to knowledge economy- source of wealth, muscle,
machine

intellectual property right-patents –From uniformity to diversity in

productionIntellectual

capital.

5. Education for 21st century- Report of the International commission (1996)-

Educational Vision for 21st Century; education for peace, social justice and

diversity; for integral development; for quality of life.


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Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu 603203