Methods of reseatch

Methods of Research
Research is the orderly investigation of a subject matter for the
purpose of adding to knowledge. Research can mean ‘re-search’
implying that the subject matter is already known but, for one
reason or another, needs to be studied again. Alternatively, the
expression can be used without a hyphen and in this case it
typically means investigating a new problem or phenomenon.
Within the realm of educational planning, many things are always
changing: the structure of the education system, curriculum
and textbooks, modes of teaching, methods of teacher training,
the amount and type of provisions to schools such as science
laboratories, textbooks, furniture, classroom supplies, and so on.
These changes may lead to an improvement, or a worsening, in
the quality of an educational system. Sometimes they may result
in no impact upon quality – in which case major government
expenditures on such changes have been wasted. The educational
planner working within this kind of environment must be able to
undertake assessments of the effects of major changes and then
provide policy advice that will consolidate and extend the post
productive courses of action, and also intercept and terminate
existing practices that are shown to be damaging and wasteful.