Action Research in the K to 12 Basic Education Program John Kelvin R. Briones Senior Education Program Specialist Bureau of Curriculum Development
Outline of the Presentation 1. Motivations in Conducting Action Research (legal bases, issuances, professional demand, curricular and political response) 2. Nature of Action Research (definition and description) 3. Processes in Conducting Research (BERF) 4. Suggested Topics for Action Research 5. Open Forum DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2
Republic Act No. 9155 • The Department of Education is mandated to The enact policies and Governance of Basic mechanisms on the basis of Education Act 2001 “educational research and studies.” DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 3
Republic Act No. 10533 • The DepEd shall maintain the “relevant, responsive, The and research-based” nature Enhanced Basic and characteristic of the Education Act of 2013, curriculum. IRR Section 10.2 (b) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4
Department Order 66, s. 2007 Revised Guidelines on the Appointment and Promotion of Other Teaching, Related Teaching and Non-Teaching Personnel DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 5
Department Order 42, s. 2007 The Revised Guidelines on Selection, Promotion, and Designation of School Heads DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 6
Department Order No. 39, s. 2016 • Teaching and Learning • Child Protection • Human Resource Development • Governance Basic Education Research Agenda • Gender and Development • Disaster and Risk Reduction Management • Inclusive Education DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 7
More Research in Filipino • The low achievement of students in Filipino is compelling enough to conduct research in improving instruction. Bureau of Education Assessment National Achievement Test National Achievement Test National Achievement Test 2013 – Grade 6 2014 – Grade 6 2015 – Grade 6 72.41 76.18 68.90 National Achievement Test National Achievement Test National Achievement Test 2013 – Grade 10 2014 – Grade 10 2015 – Grade 10 58.04 56.83 59.29 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 8
More Research in Filipino • D e c l i n e i n t h e t e a c h e r s performance in delivering the Research Center for c o n t e n t , a s s h o w n b y a Teacher research conducted by RCTQ- Quality - PNU PNU, is another motivation to conduct action research. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 9
Contribution to Curriculum Evaluation •Official, National Core, Intended Curriculum •Implemented Curriculum Types of Curriculum •Achieved Curriculum •Experienced Curriculum •Hidden Curriculum DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 10
ACTION RESEARCH • Searching ‘action research’ on Google will give you approximately 49,700,000 Google results, as of 28 Oct. 2017, 10:18am. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 11
ACTION RESEARCH • “Action research is a systematic, DepEd reflective inquiry to improve Order No. educational practices or resolve 16, s. problems in any operating unit 2017 (i.e. school, classroom, office).” DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 12
ACTION RESEARCH Rick Parsons & • “Action research is a form of investigation Kimberlee designed for use by teachers to attempt to Brown, solve problems and improve professional Teacher as practices in their own classrooms. It involves Reflective systematic observations and data collection Practitioner which can be then used by the practitioner- and Action researcher in reflection, decision-making and Researcher, the development of more effective classroom 2002 strategies.” DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 13
ACTION RESEARCH • “Action research is a natural part of teaching. Christine Teachers are continually observing students, Miller, collecting data and changing practices to Action improve student learning, the classroom, and Research: the school environment. Action research Making provides a framework that guides the energies Sense of of teachers toward a better understanding of Data, 2007 why, when, and how students become better learners and how they can still become better teachers/facilitators of learning.” DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 14
ACTION RESEARCH Jean McNiff and Jack • “Action research is about practitioners creating Whitehead, new ideas about how to improve practice… [which] is different from traditional social science, which is All You about official researchers producing theory, which Need to [then] practitioners apply to their practice. [This Know About immediately puts us] in context of power and Action politics around the struggle for knowledge and Research, recognition as knower.” 2006 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 15
GOALS OF ACTION RESEARCH • The goal is the involvement of both research specialist and classroom teacher in the study and application of research to educational problems in a particular classroom setting. John Best & James • Its purpose is to improve the practices: to combine the Kahn, research processes, habits of thinking, ability to work harmoniously with others and professional spirit. Research in Education, • It also focuses on immediate application, not on 1998 development of theory or on generalization of applications. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 16
OTHER BENEFITS OF ACTION RESEARCH • 1. Teachers investigate their own practice in new ways, looking deeper in what they and their students actually do and fail to do. • 2. Teachers develop a deeper understanding of Gay and students, the teacher learning process and their Airasian, as role in the education of both teachers and cited by students. Hien, 2009 • 3. Teachers are viewed as equal partners in deciding what works best and what needs improvement in their classroom or classrooms. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 17
FORMAT OF ACTION RESEARCH • Context and Rationale • Action Research Questions • Proposed Innovation, Intervention and Strategy • Action Research Methods • Participants and/or other sources of data and Department information Order No. • Data gathering methods 16, s. 2017 • Data analysis plans • Action Research Work Plan and Timelines • Cost Estimates • Plans for Dissemination and Utilization • References DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 18
FORMAT OF ACTION RESEARCH • Description of situation where the problem originated, how the problem was discovered, circumstances that revolve around it (e.g. results of achievement tests/formative assessment) Context and • Importance and necessity to resolve the problem Rationale • Benefits of conducting the research to the people involved DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 19
FORMAT OF ACTION RESEARCH •Does drawing or sketching prior to writing enhance learning? •How do the arts increase reading comprehension? •Will access to a nutritious morning snack reduce behavioral problems in the classroom that are caused by children’s hunger? Action •Does storytelling increase creative writing ability? Research •Does best-practice teaching improve student outcomes in Questions and attitudes toward science? •How do read alouds motivate students to read independently? •What strategies can I use to become an effective classroom manager? •What factors increase teacher attendance/ improve punctuality/ performance? DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 20
FORMAT OF ACTION RESEARCH Proposed • i n s t r u c t i o n a l s t r a t e g y o r Innovation, intervention to solve the problems Intervention and in the class/school that will Strategy enhance and improve outcomes DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 21
FORMAT OF ACTION RESEARCH • Participants and/or other sources of data and information Action • Data gathering methods (interviews, FGDs, Research observations, surveys, checklist, rubrics, video and Methods audio recordings, students’ output, attitude scales) • Data analysis plans DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 22
FORMAT OF ACTION RESEARCH •Active Learning •Adaptive Learning Environments Model •Alternative to Recitation •Buddy System •Computer-Assisted Instruction •Character Analysis •Cloze Procedure •Collaborative Learning Action Research •Collective Notebook Methods – •Comic Books Improving •Completed Work Chart Instruction •Cooperative Learning Model •Group Discussion •Discussion Web •Dissections •Experimental Inquiry •Discovery Teaching •Dramatizing •Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 23
FORMAT OF ACTION RESEARCH •Drawing •Dream Diary •Error Analysis •Cooperative Dyads •Experiential Learning •General-to-Specific Sequencing •Generative Learning Model •Graphic Organizer •Group Investigation •Independent Practice •Independent Reading Programs Action Research •Induction Matrix •Inductive Inquiry Methods – •Logical Cycle of Inductive Inquiry Improving •Inductive Thinking Instruction •Open Text Recitation •Jumbled Summary •Nutshelling •Inside-Outside Circle •Instant Messenger •Note-Taking •Open Discussion •Opinion Sampling •Paired Comparisons •Scripted •Semantic Associations •Semantic Feature Analysis DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 24 •Spiral Sequencing
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