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IDENTIFYING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM. A/Professor Denis McLaughlin School of Educational Leadership. Sumber : dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20.... DEFINITION. Research problems adalah isu-isu pembangunan atau pertanian yang diteliti oleh peneliti
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IDENTIFYING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM A/Professor Denis McLaughlin School of Educational Leadership Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
DEFINITION • Research problems adalahisu-isupembangunanataupertanian yang ditelitiolehpeneliti • Dalampertanian, “Problem (masalah)” adalah is masalah yang dihadapipetanidalamkonteksusahataninya
Ask yourself • To help locate your research problem for your thesis, ask yourself such questions as: • What was the issue/problem you want to study? • What is the concern being addressed “behind” this study? • Why do you want to undertake this study? • Why is this study important to the scholarly community? Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
DEFINISI ISTILAH • Research Problem: Educational issue/problem in a study • Research Topic: Broad subject matter being addressed in a study • Purpose: Major intent or object of study • Research Questions: Questions to answer or address in a study Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
OVERVIEW General Topic Research Problem Research Statement Research Questions Specific Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
PROBLEM RESEARCHABILITY 1. Will your research contribute to knowledge and practice? • It fills a void or extends existing research • It replicates a study with new participants or a new site • Problem has not be studied or understudied • It gives “voice” to people not heard, silenced, or rejected in society • It informs practice 2. Accessed to people & sites 3. Time, Resources and skills • Therapy 5. To prove what your already know Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
DESIGNING & WRITING THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM • The research problem within this study • Justification for the problem (based on past research and practice) • Shortcoming of past research or practice • The importance / significance of the problem Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
GETTING STARTED • Write down the purpose statement of your study • Embedded in this purpose statement are key terms that will help you to start your literature review • This part of the literature review searches for core literature and it should focus almost exclusively on empirical studies • Look for studies similar to your problem statement in Australia. • Look for studies similar to your problem statement in other countries. Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
LITERATURE PRIORITY PARENT RELATIONAL CORE Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
WHERE TO START • Encyclopedia of educational research (Alkin, 1992) The appendix ‘Doing library research in education’ is brilliant • Handbooks International Handbooks of Educational Administration, Educational Leadership, Lifelong Learning etc quickly introduce you to the major players and research issues in your study • Theses Overseas – Dissertation abstracts, US computer disks British Dissertation abstracts Australia – Cunningham library, ACER, www.acer.edu.au Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
Databases ERIC (Educational Resources Information Centre) www.accesseric.org. (world’s largest source of information – one million abstracts) Australian Education Index (AUSINET) • Current index to journals in education and resources in education: locate through ERIC • Social Science Citation Index: CDROM • Online Journals (anbar) 8. Google (search engine) Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
INITIAL ORGANISING THE LITERATURE • Print out your research problem and research purpose statement in font size 20pt & bold & adhere to a place near your computer where your regularly see. Do not be a dilettante . You need to get a reasonably solid grasp of your proposed topic relatively quickly in order to focus or flick. • Read, categorise, file • Construct a literature map (different from but a pre-requisite to a conceptual framework) Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...
From Creswell (2002). Sumber: dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/.../Research%20...