Chilisa, Bagele.

Research methods for adult educators in Africa / Bagele Chilisa, Julia Preece. - Hamburg, Germany : Cape Town, South Africa : UNESCO Institute for Education ; Pearson Education , 2005. - xvii, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - African perspectives on adult learning .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contexts -- Foundations of inquiry -- African perspectives -- Doing a literature review -- Getting started -- Carrying out a survey -- Work ing with survey data -- Qualitative research -- Doing a qualitative stu dy -- Combining methods -- Action research -- Feminist research -- Rese arch ethics -- Writing up and disseminating research.

This book explores and critiques existing research paradigms, presen ts African counter-arguments and examples, and proposes methodologies m ore appropriate for African contexts. The emphasis is on African realit ies, values and ways of knowing.--Publisher's description.

9282011186 9789282011188

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Adult education -- Research -- Africa.
Adult education -- Methodology.-- Africa
Adult education teachers -- Training of -- Africa.

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