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 ·         What was the motivation of the project?

This project is motivated by the need to establish a comparative analysis between education that takes place in the heart of homes, under the guidance of parents, and that carried out by educational institutions regulated by the state. On specific topics such as areas of academic performance of students, social, emotional and psychological development of children and the success of adults who received education both at home and in schools.

·         What are the key research questions and how were they investigated?

The key research questions are:

- Are parents who are not teachers trained to provide their children with a quality education from their homes that place them at the level of the students in school?

 - Do children and young people educated in their homes, without any state intervention, acquire the necessary skills to respond to the challenges that arise in their environment?

- If homeschooling has shown positive results for students, why is it not supported by the state education system?

The research was carried out through surveys, interviews, samples of focus groups and technological tools used to measure the aspects evaluated. First, the problem raised is delimited by conducting a study on African-American families who educate their children at home. It is investigated for the reasons that led these parents to select for homeschooling and the academic performance of their children compared to that of students who attend school regularly.

·         Is this quantitative or qualitative research?

In this project, quantitative research prevails, since in most cases what is sought is to establish quantifiable and measurable samples of the problem to be investigated, the surveys carried out with pre-established questions, which are tabulated to show results in numbers or figures, although it also contains to a lesser extent some qualitative research, trying to question respondents about the reasons that led them to prefer homeschooling for their children, about the social, psychological and emotional development of children who are trained by their parents at home. 

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Task 3- Qual- Quan Research

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  Task 3 - Qual- Quan Research  Nazli B Ramos, Lendys Osorio, Carlos García and Alvaro Díaz Granados Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia Licenciatura en inglés como lengua extranjera– LiLEI 551031_4: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Liliana Isabel Moreno July, 2021  
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My Research idea - Determine the effectiveness of learning English as a foreign language through the virtual or face-to-face modality. To analyze which study modality is more academically effective when learning English (virtual or face-to-face), I propose research with a mixed approach, that is, mix the qualitative and quantitative approach, collect, analyze and link quantitative and qualitative data in the same research to respond to planning and, check which learning is more effective. - Conduct interviews with people who have finished their studies of English as a foreign language, both in-person and online, to determine the degree of satisfaction of each one. - Assessments to measure grammatical management, verbal fluency, oral expression, etc. Both of the students of the face-to-face modality and the virtual modality. - Virtual tools that help me organize and classify the information to have clear and measurable results. - Observation of focus groups of the UNAD, both...
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When researching, the first thing is to define the topic we want to address and the objectives to be achieved with said research, but it is just as important to determine the research method to follow since in this way, we can define the tools that will be used at the same time to collect the information that provides the necessary elements to respond to the problem raised. Dear reader, in this collaborative blog in which we participate, we present a SWOT analysis on qualitative and quantitative research methods, where you can appreciate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of each of them. We also share our research ideas based on our own experiences about teaching-learning English as a foreign language at UNAD. In addition to presenting our SWOT analysis of these ideas, we suggest the research method to follow, which in our opinion offers the most in-depth and complete information that responds to the hypothesis.
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