J4 ›› 2012, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (2): 89-92.

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Comparison of Textbooks of Educational Research Methods

Textbooks of educational research methods would influence student's training quality in relevant disciplines. After the comparison of some textbooks of educational research methods, textbooks from some areas with developed education experiences as US have clear and reasonable framework, stress quantitative research and highlight the connection of methodology and methods as well as that of theory and practice. Textbooks written by mainland Chinese scholars have been improved greatly, however, there is still a big gap in the above mentioned aspects.   

  1. 1. School of Information Science and Technology, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China;
    2. School of Educational Science and Management, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
  • Received:2011-09-09 Revised:2011-12-09 Online:2012-02-15 Published:2012-02-15

Abstract:

Textbooks of educational research methods would influence student's training quality in relevant disciplines. After the comparison of some textbooks of educational research methods, textbooks from some areas with developed education experiences as US have clear and reasonable framework, stress quantitative research and highlight the connection of methodology and methods as well as that of theory and practice. Textbooks written by mainland Chinese scholars have been improved greatly, however, there is still a big gap in the above mentioned aspects.

Key words: educational research, research method, textbook, comparison

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