Kehbuma Langmia, Chuka Onwumechili, Laban Ayiro, Agnes Lucy Lando

Research Methods for African Scholarship (eBook, ePUB)

Applying Qualitative and Quantitative Socio-cultural Methods in African Countries

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book spotlights and demystifies under-researched elements of research design to support successful research initiatives undertaken by students in African universities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040166444
• Artikelnr.: 72253414

Autorenporträt

Kehbuma Langmia is a double Fulbright Scholar/Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication Studies, School of Communications, Howard University. A graduate from the Communication and Media Studies Program at Howard University, Langmia received his Ph.D. under the supervision of the feminist scholar, Carolyn Byerly.

Chuka Onwumechili is Professor of Human Communications at Howard University where he directs the Annenberg Honors Program. In addition, he serves as Editor-In-Chief of the Howard Journal of Communications.

Laban Ayiro has been a chemistry teacher, principal of several high schools, Provincial Director of Education, Deputy Director of Staff Training (Kenya Education Management Institute), Senior Deputy Director for Policy and Planning at the Ministry Headquarters, and Senior Deputy Director for Research and Curriculum Development at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development.

Agnes Lucy Lando, is a religious missionary and Full Professor of Communication and Media Studies and the incumbent Director of Research and Graduate Studies at Daystar University, Nairobi.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Theory and Methodological Dilemma for Research in
Africa:
A Defense of Afrocentricity Frameworks 3. At a Disjuncture? African
Research Epistemologies and Ontologies 4. Literature Assessment 5. Africa's
Narratives & Oral Cultures 6. Scientific Review of Research Protocols,
Ethics and Academic Integrity in Africa 7. Qualitative Research &
Application in the African Context 8. Quantitative Research & Application
in African Context 9. Multiple Research Methods and the African Context 10.
Mixed Method Research and the African Context 11. Language, Translation of
Measurement Instruments, and Data Analysis