Report: Training Workshop on Basic Research Methodology

 

Research should become priority in education & society: Ravinder Ailawadi

Training Workshop on Basic Research Methodology 

Report by Arun Kaharba

An Online Training on Basic Research Methodology was held from 1st to 3rd December 2021 with motivation from Dr. Rishi Goel Director SCERT Haryana. The introductory session began with a welcome to all the participants and emphasis on the importance of research by Ravinder Ailawadi Dy. Director SCERT. He said that Education is an integral aspect of every society. Educational research must become a priority in a progressive society. Research plays a vital role in the overall development of pedagogy, learning programs, and policy formulation. He said educational research is a spectrum that bothers on multiple fields of knowledge and this means that it draws from different disciplines. As a result of this, the findings of this research are multi-dimensional. He said that every teacher should undertake research.

The session began at on Zoom platform with Ms. Rupam Jha, Programme Coordinator, briefing the participants about the training. The participants also shared their expectations from the training and also the relevant topics on which they personally would like to conduct research studies.

The 1st resource person was Dr. Rajender Pal from NCERT New Delhi who introduced what is research and told participants to dispel any fears they have regarding research. In the 2nd session, Dr. D.N. Sansanwal (Retd. Professor) delivered a lecture on Title, Objectives/ Research Questions. A Day Brief was conducted by Ms. Rupam Jha in which participants spoke about their experiences of the day and also mentioned that there was clarity in their minds regarding research. A Google form bearing 5 questions based on the lecture of Dr. Rajender Pal was shared on the Whatsapp group with the participants.

Day 2, during the feedback session by Ms. Rupam Jha, Dr. Suman Sharma  Wing Incharge addressed the participants and all queries too were resolved.  Dr. Sansanwal took the first session on Sampling types and procedures. Dr. Alka Singh of CIET, NCERT took the 2nd session on Data collection, tools and techniques. The highlight was an online quiz at the end of the session with a leader board as well. The Day brief was all talk of the quiz.

Day 3 and in  the feedback session participants had doubts of the task assigned to them, the making of a research proposal and it was decided that the research associate would take a brief session on writing a research proposal. The 1st session by Dr D N Sansanwal on Data analysis & interpretation, followed by Dr Sangita’s session on Report writing. Instead of the Day Brief, Dr. Sheenu Dahiya, Research Associate, REAP Cell SCERT explained in brief about what is a research proposal.  Sunil Bajaj Dy. Director SCERT concluded the 3 day training with the valedictory session and also asked the participants to promote research and what they learnt in the training among their colleagues.  The participants were to answer 5 questions in Google form based on Dr. Sangit’s lecture. The participants were given a week’s time to submit their research proposals online to REAP Cell.

From the Tech Team, Sh. Ankur Bharadwaj junior programmer, created the Zoom link and live streaming on You Tube too was done by him. Devanand, data entry operator, created one of the two Google forms.