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Action-Research-Gauging School Heads Complete Manuscript
Action-Research-Gauging School Heads Complete Manuscript
research initiatives in the national, regional, division, and school levels. Iligan City
Division ensures that researches will be aligned to the mandate of DepEd Order 39,
s. 2016 (Adoption of the Basic Education Research Agenda) which offers direction to
DepEd and its stakeholders in the conduct of education research and in the utilization
of results. The identification of four (4) research themes or topics: Teaching and
Learning, Child Protection, Human Resource Development, and Governance will fill
in critical knowledge gaps. It also improves support mechanisms for research such
research expertise and skill. The factors above do not function in a research
environment as isolated individual characteristics. Instead, they are like fine threads
evidence is an ideal way for teaching professionals to explore and develop their
the aspect of continuous professional development (CPD) of the teachers and school
heads Firth (2016). Supervisory and managerial practices of the school heads in the
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would like to continue to promote and strengthen the culture of research by providing
opportunity to present research proposals and research output. In Iligan City Division,
there is a meager turnout or submission of action research in each school. The need
positive change in the workplace. Research is not a priority of the school heads since
it does not affect their over-all Office Performance Commitment Review rating. It is
just one means of verification (MOV) in the 5% Plus Factor of the OPCRF Objective
of at least four MOVs out of nine that contribute to school management, leadership
and operations will give an outstanding efficiency rating. There is a need to gauge
the research culture of the school heads with their corresponding obligation of
personnel relationship.
This study gauged the research culture of 13 central school heads in Iligan City
research turnout and utilization. Furthermore, this study determined the research
areas where the school heads needed to develop to capacitate them to do research.
This also determined the strong and weak areas of understanding in research among
questions:
1. What is the status of the research culture of the school heads in Iligan City
Division?
2. What is the status of the school heads’ access to research resources in Iligan
City Division?
3. What Learning Action Cell (LAC) can be designed to address the research
This LAC Design contained the necessary skills that the school heads need to
possess systematically arranged and selected based on the quantitative results. This
LAC Design is contextualized and tailored fit on the schedule, environment and initial
skill of the school heads to establish a strong link between the conduct of research
and the practice of their profession. According to Finch et al. (2013) institutions could
benefit from research capacity building activities to increase their research skills to
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in the study. A focused group discussion was also conducted to triangulate with the
quantitative results of the study. Frequency means, and percentage were used to
treat the quantitative data while thematic analysis was done for the qualitative data.
Elementary School Principal I-IV in DepEd Iligan City Division. The central school
heads of each district were the respondents to gauge if they have sufficient first-hand
experiences of the research culture and the organizational culture of the Department.
convenience sampling technique due to the health issues, time and cost limitations
which were used to assess the schools of the respondents. The indicators of the
RCAT and the ARRAT were created using literature about research culture and
research resources. The tools were validated by 3 School Heads and 1 SEPS for
Planning and Research. The tools were then piloted to 20 pilot respondents from
α=0.925 respectively which mean that the tools can gather the data consistently.
The tools also have the following scale intervals: Poorly Evident (1-1.49), Evident
(1.5-2.49), Fairly Evident (2.5-3.49), Very Evident (3.5-4.49), Extremely Evident (4.5-
5.00).
Ethical Issues
The researcher followed the entry protocol in this study. The researcher
asked permission from the Schools Division Superintendent and School Heads to
gather the data at their respective stations. An informed consent form was also be
given to the respondents informing their rights, risks, and privileges. The recording
of the FGD was also deleted after the recording has been transcribed. The
responses of the school heads were secured with full confidentiality. The
participating school heads and their ratings of the study were not also labeled and
divulged.
The researcher has done the systematic procedure in the analysis of the
data. After the data gathering, the researcher carefully encoded the data from the
survey form in the excel. The researcher made it sure that there were no
erroneously entered data in each case. The researcher imported the data to the
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 20. The researcher used
frequency, percentages and means in treating the data. Interpretations were done in
For the qualitative data, the researcher transcribed the audio recording of the
Focused Group Discussion. After the transcription, the researcher translated the
responses. A thematic analysis was done in coding and categorizing the responses
of the school heads. The appropriate interpretation was articulated from the results of
1 Pre-implementation
● Research brainstorming
● School Meetings
● LAC Session
● Orientation
● Needs segmentation
● Research formulation
● Research enrichment
2 Implementation
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● Data-gathering
● FGD sessions
● Data Analysis
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● LAC plan formulation
● Research presentation
● Research mentoring
● Benchmarking visits
● Capacity building
3 Post implementation
● LAC sessions
● Findings dissemination
●M&E
DISCUSSIONS OF RESULTS
studies.
Research Problem No. 1: What is the status of the research culture of the
In general, the research culture of the school heads in Iligan City Division fall
under the category of evident, which means that school heads rarely practiced
research activities in their schools/ districts. Among the indicators, school heads’
observation on the active engagement of their co-school heads got the highest mean.
This is because there are a few school heads who are enrolled in graduate studies
This result is also supported by the following responses during the FGD:
Positive:
“We can also say that research can also help school heads since we can get
new strategies in managing and supervising out from it” R1, R3,
R2, R7
“It is also best to share our learnings in leading by sharing it with our fellow
school heads.” R3, R9, R4, R8, R10
“Our division officials are encouraging and pushing us to engage in research”
R6, R10
Negative:
“Only a few are researching because only few who knows how to do research.”
R1, R9, R4
“With all our workload and paperwork as school heads, we do not have time to
do
research” R3, R8, R10,
“In our district, we do not even talk about research, and we do not mind doing it.”
R2
These results imply that research culture is evident in small degree, but most
school heads are focused on managing and leading rather than doing research. It is
also evident in the responses of the school heads that they need technical assistance
Research Problem No. 2: What is the status of the school heads’ access to
research resources in Iligan City Division?
Generally, the school heads in Iligan City Division have evident access to
research resources, which means that they can access rarely into the available
research activities got the highest mean because there is the provision of library hub
which can be utilized by the school heads and teachers in the district. However, the
funds in the school/district/division. This result might be due to the situation that the
school heads are not aware and do not know how to apply for BERF.
This result also means that they need to be taught how to apply for BERF
research funding. This result is supported by the study of Ibrahim et al., (2016) who
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participation.
The access to research resources indicator that got the highest mean is the
2.25, the standard deviation of 1.3180 and qualitative description of Evident. This
might because the district has its library hub which is accessible to all school heads.
The following responses also support this result during the FGD:
Positive:
“We have to use the library hub in our district. There are a lot of big books
and educational books in the library hub.“ R1, R3
Negative:
“We do not have internet connectivity or we got slow connections. It is
impossible for us to browse the internet.” R6, R7, R8, R10
“If we will conduct research, we will be the one to reproduce it.
We do not have money. R9, R1, R2
“Only a few are researching because we don’t know how to do
research.” R1, R9, R4
“I do not have time to do research. I would rather manage and
supervise my teachers and learners” R9
These responses would tell us that there were very limited research resource for
the school heads to conduct their research. They have reported lack of mentors,
literature, and most especially funds. The result is also in consonance with the study
of Ibrahim et al., (2016) who stated that lack of proper mentoring reduces research
participation.
Research Problem No. 3: What Learning Action Cell (LAC) can be designed to
address the research culture and access of school heads in the division?
The responses of the school heads would show that there is a need for capacity
district level basis and can be done without interruptions. The topics could be about
the formatting, parts of the research, research methods, and analysis of the data. A
district mentor should also be designated to track and guide the school heads in the
conduct of their research. This learning action plan has been started in the first
semester of the SY 2020 – 2021 and is currently implementing the different activities
Summary of Findings
SD=1.2368). The responses of the school heads in the FGD also presents the
research funds. A LAC Session is also desired to capacitate the school heads in
doing research.
Conclusion
This study concludes that the research culture and access to research
resources in Iligan City division are evident. However, there is a need to improve in
many aspects. The school heads in the Iligan City Divsion needs to be capacitated
Recommendations
3. The District school head research coordinator may have thorough training in
4. LAC Session in research may be included in the Annual Implementation Plan and
ACTION PLAN
School Heads in the 10 District will be furnished of the Copy of the LAC
Session Design
Each school in the 10 districts will given a copy of the LAC Session Matrix or
Design which includes the critical research skills to be discussed with the school
heads and speakers. The district may now implement the LAC Session Matrix or
Design depending on the availability of the school heads and their resource speaker.
recognized or organized by either the Division, Regional or Central Office. This will
also be done for other districts, schools and offices may learn from it and replicate
Learning Action Cell design for school heads in the division of Iligan City
compilation of
research
2. 2. Provide
● Benchmarking and ● Visit division office ● Letters of
better access to
research capacity building LRMDS for Invitations
resources of school heads to research outputs
have better access
● Benchmark on the ● Certificates of
to the research
resources accomplishments Appearance
of SIP Projects
● Designate
● Attend Division ● School and
research mentors
in every district Research/ District
Regional Memoranda
Research about
Conference as research
observer or as activities
participants
● Conduct School- ● School
based or district Heads’
level research reports and
conference compilation of
researches
● Conduct Science
Investigatory
Project ● Program of
Activities
● Benchmark other
school heads’
research output
● School-to-School
Partnership
Training on
Research
● Online Training on
research
● Attend Invitational
Activities on
research
● Encourage to
attend post-
graduate course
● Revisit OPCRF
● Invite resource
speakers
● Generate funds
from the Barangay
Council and PTA
funds
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REFERENCES
Finch, E., Cornwell, P., Ward, E. C., & McPhail, S. M. (2013). Factors influencing
research engagement: research interest, confidence, and experience in an Australian
speech-language pathology workforce. BMC Health Services Research, 13, 144.
http://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-144
Firth, J., (2016). Research engagement for the school teacher and its role in the
education community. Education in the North, 23(2), pp.161-166.
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/eitn/documents/Volume_23_ECR/Vol23_2__FEATUREFirth.
pdf
Financial Report
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Activity Resources Cost Source of
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Brainstorming Office Supplies Php 300 Personal
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Literature Review Office Supplies Php 300 Personal