1. PRESENTATION ON
HISTORICAL EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH
INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH
COURSE CODE: PC 125
GROUP 5
Asif Bayezid
09 145 (15th
Batch)
Institute of Education and Research
University of Dhaka.

2. Session 1:
The Background Concepts

3. The ears of a boy are on his back,
He hears only when he is beaten.

4. Boyhood Adolescence
Tertiary
Manhood

5. How actually do we know these information/ facts?
Is it from history?
So, does history mean...
Inquiry into the past to establish
what has actually happened ...??
History is a branch of
LEARNING that studies the
RECORDS OF PAST EVENTS...

6. What is Historical Context?
Today’s indivual’s behavior is shaped by..
SOCIAL ECONOMICAL
PHYSICAL
&
PSYCHOL
LOGICAL
POLITICAL

7. What is Historical Context?
Past Conditions PresentInfluence

8. Why Study the Past?
To explore and to study the change and
transformation that the society undergoes.
“The past if it can
be located,
contains the
key to the
present.” G. B.
Shaw

9. Research>>>
Process of steps
to collect
and analyze
information
to increase
understanding
Of a topic
or issue.

10. Educational Research...
Helps educators
understand problems or issues
through the accumulation of
knowledge.

11. Educational Research...
Improve
practices
Focus attention on
important policy
issues discussed and
debated by decision
makers

12. Qualitative Research...
Designed to explore
human elements
Of a given topic
Where specific
methods are used to
examine
How individuals see
and experience the
world.

13. Qualitative Research...
Opposite of QUANTITATIVE REASEARCH
Qualitative Quantitative
Finds answer to Finds answer to
WHY? WHO? WHAT?

14. Historical Research...
Session 2:
The Core Discussion

15. Stages of Historical Research...
1. Identify a researchable phenomenon
2. Developing Hypotheses
3. Collection of Data
4. Check and Verify
5. Writing of the Report

16. Data Collection...
-Witness in trial
More than a simple
search for facts about the
HISTORICAL STORY
Interprets MEANING
OF EVENTS base on
AVAILABLE/
SURVIVING DATA

17. Primary Sources...
First-hand accounts of an event or time in
history that has yet to be interpreted by
another person.
-diaries, journals, letters,
interviews, speeches,
memos, manuscripts
-memoirs and
autobiographies -
-official
records
-minutes,
reports
-photographs,
paintings, film

18. Example of Primary Source...
Transcripts of
* Written in Latin
* Translated in English
and other languages
* Available on the
Internet
* Verified by French
Historical Experts

19. Secondary Sources...
scholarly books or articles that are based on
primary source data and analyze, critique,
report, summarize, interpret, or restructure
that data.
reference books
such as
encyclopedias,
handbooks
Reviews,
textbooks
most
scholarly
books
most magazine
and journal
articles

20. Example of Secondary Source...
Diary of Anne Frank
* 1st
Person experience of the
WW2
* Contains Valuable perspectives
for Historians today
* Persecution that did not exist in
Official Documents.

21. Types of Historical Research...
Oral
history
Autobiography
Narrative
Case Study
Life
History

22. Validity
External Critique
Authenticity
Selection of Bias
Age of the document
At least 2 sources with the
same information

23. Reliability
Internal Criticism
Meaning of the data
Trustworthiness
Author’s biases
Well awareness of positive
and negative criticism
Understanding
contemporary issues

24. Data Analysis and Reporting
Findings
Extensive examples
Interpretation of
meaning
Developing opinion
(Though incomplete)
Critical Description

25. From the past..to the future...
Are we aware of these issues?

26. Yes...
Today STUDENTS
want OUTCOMES
from the teachers..
If they pay $50
for permission
to enter a class...
They want a content
worth $50 FROM the
TEACHER..!

27. Do we find any differences..in the trend of education
Between the ancient Egypt
And our present
concerns...??It is the Historical Educational
Research which finds out the answers
to these questions...

28. What good does HR do to Education?
1. Provide information concerning:
- Effects of certain past educational practices
- Suggest programs for future action
2. Answers to “WHY?” and “HOW” theories that are practiced
in the schools.
3. Identifies FADS and BANDWAGON SCHEMES appeared on
Educational scenes.
4. Contributes to understand:
- Significance of Education
- Inter-relationship between
SCHOOL and
CURRICULUM
SCHOOL CURRICULUM

29. Peace...