Assignment on the Purpose of Educational Research

Ever since the end of the Second World War, many educational institutions and notable writers worldwide, have been showing strong concern over the purpose of educational research in terms of improving the quality and variety of education.  According to Ikekhua and Yesufu (1995), the four-fold purposes of educational research include improving school learning; controverting myths surrounding certain practices and principles in education; changing beliefs characterizing practitioners and products of education and the consumers of the products of education, and; helping place the work of the school and its agents on firmer ground with consumers of education.