Research Methods

Critical Analysis : Dawkins , et al 's "Learning by Doing : Preservice Teachers as Reading Tutors

Introduction

Educational research aims to solve a problem concerning a specific context in the sphere of education . Anderson (1998 ) enumerated a series of characteristics of what makes educational research distinctive from other research approaches , and from these it is evident that other than the context , the distinction comes with the presence of philosophical and conceptual analyses that responds to the educational settings

The importance of educational research comes in many aspects , from the inquiry to know certain

truths , to the discussion of certain problems and issues , and last but not the least , how the knowledge can in fact also affect decision-making in the field of policy-making (Hess , 2008 Scott , 2000 . Among the important fields of educational research is how it aims to address literacy , especially as to how relevant issues can be utilised to tackle these literacy problems . Hence , what can be regarded as an important characteristic of educational research is that it does not only contribute to new knowledge but also the means to best tackle the pressing problems in the world of education (Anderson , 1998

Article Summary

Dawkins , Ritz , and Louden 's article "Learning by Doing : Preservice Teachers as Reading Tutors (2009 ) brings up the issue of 'struggling readers ' as found among early childhood educational settings . Given the state of the child and the need to foster reading skills at a young age the authors mentioned past studies as to the effectiveness of one-on-one...