The weight and breadth of evidence: Some reflections on the strengths of international education and development research

McGrath, Simon

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.07.005

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“…This paper is part of the on-going discussion on the role of research in the field of international education and development and contributes to broadening approaches and methodological traditions, as suggested by McGrath (2013). Promoting the use of research methods by which the stakeholders' voices are included in the educational development dialogue adds valuable insights gleaned from qualitative research to the generally descriptive reports on changes, contextualizes educational development and enhances stakeholder involvement.…”

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Research to engage voices on the ground in educational development

Lehtomäki

Janhonen-Abruquah

Tuomi

et al. 2014

International Journal of Educational Development

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This paper discusses how a variety of qualitative methods could be used for investigating the engagement of the voices on the ground, where the change is expected to happen. It also reviews how qualitative research approaches involve students and teachers, the so-called "target groups" of educational development, as subjects, rather than objects. The qualitative methods are presented here for their potential in engaging the voices on the ground. Actor-centred inquiry and participatory action research consist of data collected, analysed and reported, in collaboration between researchers and the research subjects. Enabling the subjects as autonomous actors to take part in the analysis of their own learning and education provides a means to bring deeper cultural and social knowledge into the development processes. In this way research may promote ownership of educational development. Furthermore, the actors' voices are key factors in the re-definition of global, national and local educational development targets for the EFA beyond 2015.

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confidence: 98%