What theoretical lenses should we take to study practicum experiences of prospective teachers in a teacher education program?

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Could you please suggest some content areas for a quantitative research method course of a graduate program in Education?

Hi, I need your valuable suggestions in connection with the content areas for a quantitative research method course of a graduate program in education.

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Please suggest readings in the context of university teachers' identity formation. What Theoretical lenses to take?

There is a considerable repertoire of knowledge/literature available on school teachers' identities and identity formation. However, we hardly know how the university teachers take up their...

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In qualitative studies, how should we know that we have collected/generated sufficient data for the analysis?

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08 September 2019 3,136 5 View

What makes a good research question?

A research question guides your research approaches and methodologies. Therefore, framing a good research question is the first step towards a good research.

08 September 2019 1,852 15 View

What is the role of language in ensuring validity and reliability (trustworthiness, and rigor) of a research findings?

We often collect data in a local or national language but report the findings in English or in any other language. In such cases, I wonder about the trustworthiness of the findings! Need your...

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How effective can Tenure Track System be for the humanities and social science discipline in the universities having very limited resources?

Tenure Track System has always been a debatable issue for the disciplines of Social Science and Humanities, particularly in the universities having very limited resources and lack of research culture.

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Why should we choose deep learning to machine learning? Why is CNN better for image classification? Can I get Typical Answer?

What Characteristics makes CNN work better?

03 March 2021 1,458 4 View

What are some of the research gaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence in africa?

i would to know some of the research gaps in the artificial intelligence field in most african countries.

03 March 2021 6,145 3 View

Anyone plz suggest relevant topic for research in image processing+Deep learning.?

I have selected brain tumor images ...but now found that already lots of research done n this topic.

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How to increase a model accuracy ?

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How do you write a simplified C block code of this average-current control on PSIM?

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Can you share me how teacher education is managed in your respective national educational system?

I feel that the practice in teacher education in my country is below the expected performance level due to very poor management system. Hope I will learn something from your experiences.

02 March 2021 1,516 4 View

Do you know good and user-friendly programs to measure plant quantitative traits?

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Can NFL theorem be valid in infinite search space in ML?

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What is the difference between L1 and L2 regularization in machine learning?

L1 and L2 regularization

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Interested to stain mice tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, anybody has a protocol to recommend?

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Samy Azer

Dear Haji Karim Khan thank you for your question. The question raises an important issue and I enclose a paper outlining this area. I hope this helps. Prof Azer

Konstantinos Vasileiadis

This one, i think, will be very helpfull:

Murphy, M. and Costa, C. (Eds.) (2015) Theory as Method in Research: On Bourdieu, Social Theory and Education. Routledge: Oxford. ISBN 9781138900332

Leah Sikoyo

Hello, I can think of a couple of theoretical perspectives for your consideration; Activity theory and situated learning theory . They both provide conceptual resources for analysis of the practicum as professional growth and development into a social activity (teaching profession).

Leah