MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Though every student undergoing post secondary education is required to conduct research on a chosen topic within his/her discipline, there are misconceptions about what academic research is all about. It therefore follows that until we identify those misconceptions students have about academic research, we would not be able to put them in proper perspective towards understanding the nitty-gritty of academic research.

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The necessity these days to carry out research increases with startling rapidity. This is owing to the fact that hardly does any student graduate in any discipline in the post-secondary educational institutions without being required to carry out a research work or present what they term ‘project’ guided by research processes and procedures. High studies and degrees demand practical demonstrations in research form to complement the theories, models and concepts acquired in the course of study. Even in the middle management level, the convention is gaining grounds that graduands must produce evidence of project work backed up by research to qualify for good employment.

It appears evident therefore from available facts that the high level of enthusiasm expressed in the efforts to acquire the knowledge and techniques of research is matched by an equally depressing magnitude of dearth of suitable and detailed information and materials for solid foundation on these techniques and processes.

An examination of materials that can be reached in the area of research reveals that some of the books and pamphlets are too theoretical, simplistic, shallow and ambiguous to prepare students for the complexities and intricacies of the real world of research with its myriad problems. They are therefore not useful to serious minded students. Others are too complex and abstract to be understood by students, and are ore related to philosophy and cybernetics than to the need of students in the area of research. They are remote from what the student researcher wants.

It is in the light of the foregoing defects, gaps, lacuna or problems that the writer decided to develop this Blog Site with a view to guiding students and scholars in the procedure of academic research. It is hoped that the posts written in simple and plain enough language will be understood by all hardworking students as it provides direction on how to conduct academic research and attempts to identify, explain and discuss the major area of research with their attendant problems.

The aim of this blog (Academic Research Made Easy) is equally to demystify and unveil the mask associated with academic research to the extent that the fears expressed by students when faced with the task of conducting academic research will be allayed.

                                                                             

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