TY - BOOK AU - Chilisa,Bagele AU - Preece,Julia ED - Unesco Institute for Education. TI - Research methods for adult educators in Africa SN - 9282011186 AV - LC5258.A2 C45 2005 U1 - 374.960072 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Hamburg, Germany, Cape Town, South Africa PB - UNESCO Institute for Education, Pearson Education KW - Adult education KW - Research KW - Africa KW - Methodology KW - Adult education teachers KW - Training of KW - Éducation des adultes KW - Recherche KW - Afrique KW - Méthodologie KW - Formateurs (Éducation des adultes) KW - Formation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contexts -- Foundations of inquiry -- African perspectives -- Doing a literature review -- Getting started -- Carrying out a survey -- Working with survey data -- Qualitative research -- Doing a qualitative study -- Combining methods -- Action research -- Feminist research -- Research ethics -- Writing up and disseminating research N2 - 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.--Publisher's description ER -