The document discusses how to sculpt humane researchers through teacher education. It emphasizes developing sensitivity to real-world situations by removing prejudices and understanding problems from multiple perspectives using mixed methods and qualitative research. This involves going beyond surface-level understanding to interpret meanings and details. Challenges include developing skills in various research methods and addressing expectations of guides, universities and funding agencies. The document recommends focusing more on practical applications of mixed and qualitative research in methodology training to develop researchers sensitive to grassroots issues.

1. Sculpting Humane
Researchers through Teacher
Education
Madhavi Dharankar
Asst Prof, School of Education
YCMOU, Nashik
dharankar.madhavi@yahoo.com

2. Clarifying Concepts: Humane
• Genuinity, sensitivity
• From research angle
– going beyond mere figures,
– getting into reasons, rationales,
– understanding the situation on a bigger
canvass,
– understanding subtle bearings
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3. Clarifying Concepts: Professional
• Whose competence can usually be
measured against an established set of
standards
• From research angle
– Enquiry process
– Rigor
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4. Clarifying Concepts: Sculpting
• to create by shaping stone or wood or any
other hard material by 'whittling away' at it
• From research angle
– making one sensitive to the situation/s and
problem/s of the target group/s
– removal of the prejudices, if any
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5. Grooming a No-vice
Researcher
• Developing vision as a researcher
• Capacity to understand the research
situation from multiple angles than sticking
to a single angle
• Keeping away own prejudices, if any
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6. Relevance of Mixed Method
and Qualitative Researches to
Sculpting Humane
Researchers
• Go beyond that seen outwardly
• Get into the details
• Read between the lines as well as try to
give meaning to numbers
• Extracts the data to the fullest
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7. Challenges in using Mixed
and Qualitative Methods 1 of 2
• Understanding of research
– quantitative
– Qualitative
– mixed method design
• Capabilities of guides
• Lack of
– Creative attitude towards research
– Expertise in the use of these methods
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8. Challenges in using Mixed
and Qualitative Methods 2 of 2
• University evaluation procedures
• Expectations from funding agencies
• CAS norms
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9. Capacity Development of a
Researcher
• Focus on mixed methods and qualitative
researches in the research methodology
syllabus
• More deliberations on these research
methods
• More merely theory, but more focus on the
practical aspects of it
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10. Future of Humane
Professionals
• More sensitive and realistic to the
problems at grass root level (NCFTE,
2009; JVC Reco. 6 and 11)
• Expanded duration of M Ed, more thrust
on research thereby (JVC Reco. 9)
• Application of research beyond TE (inter-and
trans-disciplinary) researches (JVC
Reco. 4)
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11. Thank you
Discussion!!!
Questions???
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