Symposium on "Transformative Reserach" held at KUSOED

Symposium    [Saturday, 30^th June 2012]

Kathmandu University School of Education organized a Symposium on “Transformative Research Methodology” at the conference hall of KUSOED, Balkumari, Lalitpur, Nepal. The program was held on 30^th of June, 2012 from 10 am to 3 pm. Prof. Dr. Peter Taylor gave the keynote speech. His ideas focused on the need of transformative research methodology in the present context of globalization, technology and urbanization. Dr. Bal Chandra Luitel shed light on the present context of research methodologies that have been dominant around the world and in Nepal. The presentations were quite useful for the scholars who have been working for their research agendas in different levels. Around 120 participants, working in M.Ed., M.Phil and Ph.D studies, from different universities including KU, TU were present in the program.

Another important aspect of the program was that besides listening to the presentations, the participants were divided into different groups according to their research interests and the research approaches they were trying to employ in their research. The different groups were facilitated by the Suresh Gautam (Ph.D student) and M.Phil by Research scholars, Amrit B. Thapa,  Amrit Poudel, Binod Pant and Pundary Phuyal respectively. The workshops provided an opportunity for participants to discuss/share openly about the research agendas they have been exploring and their approach to the investigation. Research scholars were enriched with comments and opinions provided in the workshop. Question and answer session towards the end of the session was quite helpful to satisfy the curiosities of the research scholars.

The huge presence of participants and their active participation indicated the increasing interest of students in research.
The program was managed and facilitated by

Dr. Bal Chandra Luitel, 
Suresh Gautam, Amrit .B. Thapa, 
Amrit Poudel, Binod Pant and Pundary Phuyal