CHAPTER-III Methodology

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Introduction There are a number of methods for carrying out research work in

education. This study falls under descriptive type of research. Best (1963, P102) in clarifying the characteristics of descriptive research has said, "The descriptive research describe and interprets what it is. It is concerned with conditions or relationship that exist, practice that prevail , beliefs, points of views of attitudes that are held , processes that are going on effect that are being felt, or trend that are developing". For the present study, therefore, descriptive method was found to be most effective and useful. Since in this kind of research, collection of data is most essential survey method is found to be suitable. The details of the procedure followed in time study as under. 3.2 Design of the Study For the present study the population consisted of all the elementary schools located in Bhubaneswar city at Khurda district of Odisha State. 3.3 Sample of the Study The sample of the present study consisted of five elementary schools (class 7th and 8th) of Bhubaneswar city, Nalini Devi Womens College of Teacher Education, Bhubaneswar and SCERT, Bhubaneswar. The

participants of the study are five heads of schools, fifty school teachers, fifty students of different elementary schools, fifty parents and twenty teacher educators from Nalini Devi Womens College of Teacher Education, Bhubaneswar and SCERT, Bhubaneswar.

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Table 3.1 Distribution of the Sample

Sl. No. 1 Name of the School Govt. Boys' High School, Unit-IX, Bhubaneswar Govt. Boys' High School, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar Govt. Boys' High School, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar Govt. Girls' High School, Unit-VIII, Bhubaneswar Govt. Girls' High School, Unit-VIII, Bhubaneswar Nalini Devi Womens College of Teacher Education, Bhubaneswar and SCERT, Odisha School Heads 1 Teachers Students Boys 10 10 Girls 10 Parents Teacher Educators

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3.4

Development of the Tools Based on the objectives of the study, five tools were developed to

collect the data. These tools were as follows: 1. Questionnaire for Heads of Schools. 2. Questionnaire for school teachers. 3. Questionnaire for students. 4. Questionnaire for parents. 5. Opinionaire of teacher educators.

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3.5

Description of the Tools Questionnaires were designed to collect data from (a) Heads of

schools, (b) School Teachers, (c) Parents, (d) Students, and (e) Teacher Educators to know about their awareness on RTE Act, 2009, opinions and suggestions or comments towards implementation of RTE Act, 2009. Questionnaire for School Heads: This consists of three sections. The first section was developed to draw personal information of the respondent like name, school name, educational background, designation, etc. The second section of the questionnaire contains 13 structured items. The items are both quantitative and qualitative in nature. This section extracts information from the school heads about the awareness of provisions of RTE Act, 2009 and last section of the questionnaire extracts suggestions or comments towards implementation of the RTE Act, 2009. Questionnaire for School Teachers: This consists of three sections. The first section was developed to get the personal information of the respondent like name, school name, educational background, designation, etc. The second section of the questionnaire contains 17 structured items. The items are both quantitative and qualitative in nature. This section draws information from the respondents about the awareness on RTE Act, 2009 and last section of the questionnaire extracts suggestions or comments towards implementation of the RTE Act, 2009. Questionnaire for Students: This consists of two sections. The first section collects the personal information like name, school name, age, sex, class. The second section of the questionnaire contains 5 structured items. The items are both quantitative and qualitative in nature. This section draws information from the respondents about the awareness of RTE Act, 2009. Questionnaire for Parents: This consists of three sections. The first section gets the personal information of the parents like name of father/ mother, their occupations, qualifications, number of children. The second

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parents about the awareness towards RTE Act, 2009 and last section of the questionnaire extracts suggestions or comments towards implementation of the RTE Act, 2009. Opinionaire of Teacher-Educators: This consists of 19 structured items. The items are both quantitative and qualitative in nature. This section draws opinions from the teacher-educators on their awareness towards RTE Act, 2009. 3.6 Procedure of Data Collection The researcher personally visited the elementary schools for collecting data. Initially the researcher took permission from the Heads of elementary schools for collecting relevant data. Then the researcher distributed the questionnaire to the Heads of Schools, school teachers and students. Then the researcher requested them to fill up the questionnaires as per their own opinion. The researcher also cleared the doubts raised by elementary school heads of schools/teachers/students related to the tools. Finally the researcher collected the data from the respondents. Similarly opinions of teacher educators were collected regarding RTE Act, 2009. 3.7 Statistical Techniques Used The data collected through administration of the above mentioned tools were established and analyzed in terms of percentage for meaningful interpretation. Some of the data were interpreted qualitatively. ******

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