BUKIDNON STATE

A Special Place
UNIVERSITY For Teaching
Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, 8700, Tel (088) 221-2237; TeleFax (088) 813-2717
www.bsc.edu.ph - presoffice@bsc.edu.ph
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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AGENDA

The Research Agenda of the RU, as identified by the different colleges in the
university, determine the kind of researches which the faculty can undertake. Research
proposals are appraised based on their relevance to these focus areas. The research thrusts
and priorities of BukSU are based on the research agenda of CHED, NHERA, NEDA, DOST-
SEI and whenever applicable, other agencies where research occupies the depth and breadth
of their activities. The university encourages researches that are multi-disciplinary and those
that can benefit the neighbouring communities. The research agenda are clustered into the
following broad disciplines:
I. Institutional:
 Programs/Curricular Assessment Studies on Higher Education Clusters of Disciplines,
i.e. measures of impacts, transactions, processes, outputs and outcomes or results of
programs/curricula
 Policy Oriented Studies: Policy formulation, policy implementation and policy
evaluation which focus on:
 Economics of higher education
 Financing of higher education
 Governance and management of higher education
 Human resource supply and demand
 Institutional Accreditation Studies/Quality Assurance
 Institution-building studies
 Research Utilization Studies
 Other Institution-related Studies

II. Education
 Assessment in Teaching and Learning
 Best Instructional Practices of the Different Colleges
 Comparative Studies Related to Teaching and Learning
 Educational Administration, Management and Supervision
 English Language Teaching and Learning
 Extension Projects Related to Education
 Impact of Curriculum Reforms
 Impact and Effectiveness Studies
 Innovative and Integrative Teaching
 Mathematics Teaching and Learning
 Multidisciplinary Teacher Education Research
 Outcomes-based Curriculum
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A Special Place
UNIVERSITY For Teaching
Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, 8700, Tel (088) 221-2237; TeleFax (088) 813-2717
www.bsc.edu.ph - presoffice@bsc.edu.ph
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 Peace Education
 Policy Formulation
 Policy-Oriented Researches Focused on Quality and Excellence, Relevance and
Responsiveness and Equity in Higher Education
 Qualitative Studies Related to Teaching and Learning
 Research Utilization Studies
 R & D Researches (e.g. module construction, instructional materials development,
designing trainings, designing curriculum)
 Science Teaching and Learning
 Sports Education
 Strategies, Methods and Techniques in Teaching and Learning
 Technological Inputs to Teacher Education
 Other education-related problems/ topics including the DepEd Research Agenda

III. Health, Ecology and Environment

 Biodiversity Studies
 Community-based Studies on Survival
 Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
 Effectiveness of Strategies, Methods and Techniques
 Global Environment/Climate Change
 Health and Nutrition
 Herbal Medicines
 Improvement of Crop Production
 Medical Health Care
 Policy-Oriented Researches Focused on Quality and Excellence, Relevance and
Responsiveness and Equity in Higher Education
 Population Dynamics
 Protecting Water System
 Researches Related to Ecology and Environment
 Research Utilization Studies Related to Ecology and Environment
 Studies on Pollution and Its Prevention
 Sustainable Development and Environment
 Other related topics/problems

IV. Socio-Economic-Political-Cultural (including Humanities and Communication)

 Arts and Cultural Heritage
 Brain Drain-related Studies
 Cultural and Anthropological Studies
 Ethnicity and Culture Studies
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A Special Place
UNIVERSITY For Teaching
Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, 8700, Tel (088) 221-2237; TeleFax (088) 813-2717
www.bsc.edu.ph - presoffice@bsc.edu.ph
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 Filipino Values
 Gender and Development Studies
 Graft and Corruption in Government
 Impact and Effectiveness Studies
 Indigenous People’s Development
 Local Governance and Management Studies
 Morality in Media
 Multidisciplinary Research on Philippine Literature, Arts and Sociology
 Peace and Development Studies
 Policy-Oriented Research on Humanities, Social Sciences, Communication, Business
and Management and Governance
 Poverty Alleviation
 Research Utilization Studies for Policy Implications and Formulation
 Rural Development-related studies
 Societal Problems on Violence, Rape, Incest, Homosexuality, etc.
 Studies on Political Dilemmas
 Studies Related to OFWs
 Sustainable Development
 Uplift of Women Workers
 Urban Development and Social Housing
 Women Empowerment
 Other related topics/problems

V. Mathematics, Science and Technology

 Attitudinal Studies
 Artificial/Neural Networks
 Assessment Tools and Techniques
 Community-Related Studies (Development of Waste Disposal)
 Effective Mathematics Instruction
 Effectiveness and Impact Studies
 Experimental Studies
 Fractal Analysis
 Graph Theory
 ICT Related Studies (Computer-Aided Instruction)
 Instructional Materials
 Intervention Needs and Trainings Studies
 Mathematical Modeling
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A Special Place
UNIVERSITY For Teaching
Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, 8700, Tel (088) 221-2237; TeleFax (088) 813-2717
www.bsc.edu.ph - presoffice@bsc.edu.ph
And Learning.

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 Multi-disciplinary Research Aimed to Advance the Frontiers of Mathematics and

Science
 Mathematics
 Product Development Studies in Food Technology
 Research on the development of IT models and materials for the improvement of
instructional and learning
 Research Utilization Studies
 Software Development
 Social Research for the improvement of quality in education in the Institution
 Studies and Researches
 Studies on Animals, Insects, Plants, etc.
 Technological Research for the Advancement of Philippine Information Technology
 Technological Research for the Advancement of IT education in the institution
 Use of Scientific Principles in Responding to the development Needs of the Country
 Renewable Energy
 Other related topics/problems