Abstract
The present study purports to explore research trends at Master level in education departments of different universities of the province of Punjab from 1988 to 2008. The objectives of the study were to analyze research areas and methodologies, give critical review on research studies, and classify and compare research activities of Master level theses in education departments of the selected universities of Punjab. The population for the study comprised of public sector universities of Punjab while the sample consisted of five universities; namely, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Government College University Faisalabad, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, University of the Punjab Lahore, and University of Sargodha. The study was based on documentary analysis of the research theses conducted in education departments of the selected universities. The researchers collected 1132 research theses from the available sample and analyzed their abstracts to classify and quantify the studies into different areas and methodologies. It was concluded that a few research areas were greatly addressed whereas some research areas were ignored by the research scholars. For instance, the results indicate that the majority of research scholars worked in the area of teacher education and ignored the area of guidance and counseling. Therefore, it is recommended that the ignored areas should be focused in future studies. In addition, an encyclopedia of research activities should be developed at provincial and national level and its copies should be provided to all the universities to promote research culture at university level.
Mazhar Iqbal, Akhtar Ali, Muhammad Javed. (2018) A Study of Research Trends at Master Level in Education , Bulletin of Education & Research, Volume 40, Issue 3.
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