期刊名称：International Journal of Educational Research and Technology
印刷版ISSN：0976-4089
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：11-14
出版社：Society of Education
摘要：Educational research in India has evolved over the years slowly but not as an organised and systematic process. Some incidental factors and some deliberate efforts helped in reaching the present state of research in the field of education. If one traces history one will find that it all began in India when the Bombay University awarded a Ph.D. degree in Education to Dr. D.V. Chikermane in 1943 for his thesis entitled 'Factor Analysis of Arithmetic Ability'. To this date more than sixty five years have passed and more than eighty thousand theses and project reports have been added to the area of education. Similarly, instead ofone university, more than 150 universities have started participating in this venture. Even the grammar of research has evolved to more technique oriented and complex designs of research. One can also witness a change in the documentation process wherein many institutions have come forward to do the task. Similar has been the case with dissemination of research findings. Efforts have been afoot to analyse'What research says to the practitioners'. Even there has been a change in research practices. All these aspects have been discussed in detail in the paragraphs to follow
