This book explores and critiques existing research paradigms, presents African counter-arguments and examples, and proposes methodologies more appropriate for African contexts. The emphasis is on African realities, values and ways of knowing. The fourteen chapters in this book address 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.Also recommended:
Management of Adult Education Organisations in Africa
Developing Programmes for Adult Learners in Africa
Foundations of Adult Education in Africa
The Psychology of Adult Learning in Africa
The Social Context of Adult Learning in Africa
Also available in the UIL Studies series