Editorial: Indian Educational Researcher Volume 1, Issue 1, January – June 2008
Editorial Note January 12, 2008. Pages: 01-01
"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step"
-Ancient Chinese proverb
We at Stella Matutina College of Education, have dared to dream big. This inaugural issue of Indian Educational Researcher is definitely the first step in our journey towards quality research. This issue, we hope will pave the way for dialogue on a whole lot of issues and challenges facing Education today, be it globalization, value conflict, violence in schools, obsessive quest of unrealistic goals and the like. We plan in our future issues to set themes, so that our contributors will be able to voice their views, using The Indian Educational Researcher as a platform. Research articles in select areas of teaching-learning will definitely pave the way to ushering in meaningful changes and introducing paradigm shifts making for a better world.
The journal is as a biannual to be published in March and November of every year. Views expressed in the journal do not necessarily represent the opinion of the editors.
We welcome articles on philosophy of education, learning theory and technology and instructional design theory and application. Quality articles based on first-hand experience, reflection and reading will also be considered for publication. Abstracts of doctoral dissertation can be sent in for wider dissemination.
To all the contributors to this issue we express our sincere gratitude. Dr. Marlow Ediger has discussed the issue of teaching being a combination of an art and a science. Prof. Raja Ganesan, was gracious enough to send in his thought provoking article on Education for Sthitha Prajna. Dr. Nirmala, Dr. Nagavalli, and Dr. Subramonian education have looked into the area of values pre-service teacher education. Dr. Mishra's analysis of the relationship of Socio-Economic Status, and Personal Values of Male & Female Secondary School Students having Different School Background gives an insight into the value of schooling. From the north east of india use have Dr. Subudhi who has sent in a case study on school dropouts ofBetasing Community.
Not too many researchers in Education use qualitative research, especially research using case study as methodology. Many researchers will find the review by Geetha Iyer of the book Case Study Research by Robert K. Yin useful. I conclude with the words of Olivia Newton-John
Dare to dream
Dare to fly
Dare to be the ever chosen one to touch the sky.