Introduction
Education process involves the transmission of knowledge from one source to a recipient or recipients with an intention of creating awareness on a given range in a particular field. This may happen in a school set up or in an informal set-up. The education process includes implementation of diverse programs which are drafted by the relevant governments departments entrusted with the role of education transmission.
Main body
In most cases this role is normally assigned to the ministry of education. For the majority of the government plans to be implemented, there is a need to have well laid programs by the relevant ministry. A good educational program is one that will determine the progress achieved by each of the individual stages of either formal or informal education (Creswell, 2005).
This paper wishes to explore the methods that are open for a program implementer to use with a sole aim of looking at ways in which the data can be collected, compiled and analyzed. The method to be used may in some cases depend on the program in question although in most cases the contents of a program may in most cases have minimal variances (Creswell, 2005).
The program selected by the writer of this paper involves administering formal education to adults from less privileged from a given area. The first stage will involve the establishment of the number of adults who may be affected by the problem of illiteracy so as to identify the amount of resources that may need to be allocated by the ministry of education. The data collection methods will involve sampling of the data after seeking permission from the relevant authorities (Embassy of the United states Department of states nd). In order to collect data perfectly, there is need for random sampling of the data.
This particular paper will involve administration of open ended interviews and making observations from those observations. This will make it possible for the interviewer to float questions to the interviewees in an interview all geared to extracting information from the people. However, the right protocol ought to be followed by the people carrying out the interview. Reliable instruments ought to be used while doing the actual collection of data. The sampling should be done purposefully to avoid unnecessary information.
The strategies that are available for use and each one has a purpose that it serves in the sampling process. The differences between the variables ought to be maximized as much as possible so as to ensure that in each. In most cases the variables may include race, academic level and the gender of the interviewees.
The data is then recorded systematically in interview forms, audiotapes, photographs and other recording devices. To ensure that it is successfully done, it may be coded so as to
Conclusion
In general the method used by a researcher to gather information from a given source for a particular purpose depends on a number of factors. It is the role of the interviewer to organize the factors so as to come up with a complete report on the information required. The above factors need to be adhered to for this to be done successfully. It is only after these things have been met that the research becomes useful.
References
Creswell, J.W. (2005). Educational research: planning, conducting and evaluating quantitative and qualitative techniques research. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Person Education.
Embassy of the United States Department of States. 2010. Web.