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Gendered Risks in Survey Research: Reflections from South African Exit Polls
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Runciman, Carin – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2020
This research note considers gendered risks within survey research, which, it argues, are a frequently overlooked aspect of this form of quantitative research. By reflecting on the process of conducting exit polls in South Africa, the research note highlights the importance of discussing the gendered practice of research and sexualized harassment…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Risk, Surveys, Foreign Countries
Pushing the Boundaries: Adapting Research Methodology to Document the COVID-19 Pandemic from a Socio-Behavioural Perspective in a Low/Middle Level Income Country--The Case of South Africa
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Ramlagan, Shandir; Shean, Yolande L.; Parker, Saahier; Trollip, Kim; Davids, Adlai; Reddy, Sasiragha Priscilla – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2022
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) resulted in South Africa's shelter-in-place lockdown. South Africa is vulnerable to the negative outcomes of COVID-19 due to health systems inequalities, high prevalence of human immunodeficiency viruses, tuberculosis and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases. Conducting scientifically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control
Valuing and Revaluing Education: What Can We Learn about Measurement from the South African Poor?
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Clark, David A. – Comparative Education, 2017
This paper reflects on the identification of relevant aspects of education for measurement purposes. It begins by reviewing some detailed lists of educational capabilities from disparate literatures. It then considers how ordinary South Africans perceive education by drawing on two open-ended surveys, and attempts to reconcile their views with…
Descriptors: Measurement, Poverty, Foreign Countries, Correlation
The Wiley Handbook of Home Education
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Gaither, Milton, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2016
"The Wiley Handbook of Home Education" is a comprehensive collection of the latest scholarship in all aspects of home education in the United States and abroad. This book presents the latest findings on academic achievement of home-schooled children, issues of socialization, and legal argumentation about home-schooling and government…
Descriptors: Guides, Home Schooling, Academic Achievement, Socialization
Evaluating the Impact of Distance Learning Support Systems on the Learning Experience of MBA Students in a Global Context
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Bentley, Yongmei; Shegunshi, Anjali; Scannell, Mike – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2010
This paper reports the findings from an investigation into the distance learning support systems of a UK University's overseas MBA programme. This programme is provided to several countries around the world in alliance with the overseas' local higher educational institutions (HEIs), and is delivered primarily via online courses, but also with…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Learning Experience, Evaluation
Successful Education Research: Guidelines for Getting Going, Getting Funded and Getting Published
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Deacon, Roger; Parker, Ben – Online Submission, 2009
As part of the Teacher Education Research and Development Programme (TEP), a project focusing on "Stimulation of practice-based teacher education research", was undertaken by Dr. Roger Deacon and Dr. Ben Parker, in conjunction with the Centre for Education Policy Development (CEPD). As part of the project, a set of research guidelines…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Research and Development, Distance Education, Educational Change
A Consideration of Methodological Issues in Analysing the Problems of Language Teachers in Large Classes. Lancaster-Leeds Language Learning in Large Classes Research Project. Project Report No. 10.
Sarangi, Usha – 1989
This report describes methodological problems encountered in categorizing or coding responses to a questionnaire. The survey in question was designed to investigate the problems encountered by language teachers in two African countries in teaching large classes. The key analysis was of the responses to two survey items: "Large classes make it…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classification, Coding, Elementary Secondary Education