HomePsychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journalvol. 16 no. 9 (2024)

A Multi Case Study on the Challenges of Completing Action Research Paper of Master Teachers in Sta. Cruz Elementary School

Serlita Francia Aranda | Luisa Miranda | Ma. Riza Romasanta

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

The Department of Education relies on research to make functional decisions that can affect educational practices and resolve significant issues and problems. In addition, the education sector encourages all the teachers to conduct inquiries into their own practices in order to improve teaching and learning, practices and policies through action research.Based on the results of the survey which was answered by the teacher- respondents through the Google Form, the following findings were drawn. Most of the teacher-respondents clearly expressed their insights about action research. They have common perceptions that action research is an initiative which the teachers undertake to seek solutions in the existing problems that the school is experiencing. Likewise, they believe that through action research, the school diagnoses difficulties, and limitations with the goal of addressing the gaps which eventually lead to the improvement of the learners, the teacher, and the whole school community.With regard to the challenges which the teacher-respondents experienced in drafting and completing action research, the three common. The researchers developed an innovation on how to address the challenges of teacher respondents on making an Action Research. It is a workshop entitled CAFE MARS (Capacitate Fellow Educator, More of Action Research Studies). It is a capacity building workshop solely for inquiries about Action Research. This was delivered virtually. After gathering data on the survey, all the controllable factors that were reflected were summarized per category. From these categories, workshop schedule was crafted as to address the variety of circumstances of Master Teachers in making an Action Research



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