Learning Module Practical Research 1
Learning Module Practical Research 1
Qualitative Research
For Novice Researchers
DEXTER V. FERNANDEZ
Author
PREFACE
Writing a research study is a complex and complicated matter. It
people who have mastered the art of writing can compose. This belief is
partly true but partly false. It is true because writing an academic text
requires great skill in writing much more writing the ultimate academic
write a research paper. The only thing that they need to possess are
them throughout this epistemic endeavor. For this reason that this
The module is intended for novice students like senior high school
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qualitative research writing. Even though this learning module is an
who will be using the module will enjoy learning as they acquire
AUTHOR
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Suggested Activity.............................................................................................15
Evaluation..........................................................................................................15
Generalization....................................................................................................15
Topic 2: Importance of Qualitative Research........................................................16
Discussion..........................................................................................................16
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................16
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................16
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................16
Evaluation..........................................................................................................16
Generalization....................................................................................................16
Topic 3: Characteristics of a Good Qualitative Research.....................................16
Discussion..........................................................................................................16
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................16
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................16
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................16
Evaluation..........................................................................................................17
Generalization....................................................................................................17
Topic 4: Format of a Qualitative Research............................................................17
Discussion..........................................................................................................17
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................17
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................17
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................17
Evaluation..........................................................................................................17
Generalization....................................................................................................17
CHAPTER REVIEW..............................................................................................17
CHAPTER III: FIRST STEP IN RESEARCH WRITING...........................................18
Topic 1: Deciding on What Interests You..............................................................18
Discussion..........................................................................................................18
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................18
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................18
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................18
Evaluation..........................................................................................................18
Generalization....................................................................................................18
Discussion..........................................................................................................19
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................19
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................19
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................19
Evaluation..........................................................................................................19
Generalization....................................................................................................19
Topic 3: Stating your Research Objectives...........................................................19
Discussion..........................................................................................................19
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................19
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................19
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................20
Evaluation..........................................................................................................20
Generalization....................................................................................................20
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Topic 4: Deciding for Whom is Your Research.....................................................20
Discussion..........................................................................................................20
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................20
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................20
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................20
Evaluation..........................................................................................................20
Generalization....................................................................................................20
Topic 5: Boundaries of Your Research.................................................................20
Discussion..........................................................................................................20
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................21
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................21
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................21
Evaluation..........................................................................................................21
Generalization....................................................................................................21
Topic 6: Formulating Your Working Title...............................................................21
Discussion..........................................................................................................21
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................21
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................21
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................21
Evaluation..........................................................................................................21
Generalization....................................................................................................21
CHAPTER REVIEW..............................................................................................22
CHAPTER IV: LEARNING FORM THE EXPERTS..................................................23
Topic 1: Collecting and Reading Literatures.........................................................23
Discussion..........................................................................................................23
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................23
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................23
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................23
Evaluation..........................................................................................................23
Generalization....................................................................................................23
Topic 2: Proper Citation: Intext and Reference Citation........................................23
Discussion..........................................................................................................24
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................24
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................24
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................24
Evaluation..........................................................................................................24
Generalization....................................................................................................24
Topic 3: Stating your Research Objectives...........................................................24
Discussion..........................................................................................................24
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................24
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................25
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................25
Evaluation..........................................................................................................25
Generalization....................................................................................................25
Topic 4: Deciding for Whom is Your Research.....................................................25
Discussion..........................................................................................................25
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Exercises 1.........................................................................................................25
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................25
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................25
Evaluation..........................................................................................................25
Generalization....................................................................................................25
Topic 5: Boundaries of Your Research.................................................................26
Discussion..........................................................................................................26
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................26
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................26
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................26
Evaluation..........................................................................................................26
Generalization....................................................................................................26
Topic 6: Formulating Your Working Title...............................................................26
Discussion..........................................................................................................26
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................26
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................26
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................26
Evaluation..........................................................................................................27
Generalization....................................................................................................27
CHAPTER REVIEW..............................................................................................27
CHAPTER V: DECIDING FOR RESEARCH PROCESS.........................................28
Topic 1: Deciding Your Qualitative Research Design...........................................28
Discussion..........................................................................................................28
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................28
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................28
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................28
Evaluation..........................................................................................................28
Generalization....................................................................................................28
Topic 2: Selecting Your Participants.....................................................................29
Discussion..........................................................................................................29
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................29
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................29
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................29
Evaluation..........................................................................................................29
Generalization....................................................................................................29
Topic 3: Making Interview Guide and Other Tools in Data Gathering..................29
Discussion..........................................................................................................29
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................29
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................29
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................30
Evaluation..........................................................................................................30
Generalization....................................................................................................30
Topic 4: Declaring Your Data Gathering Procedure.............................................30
Discussion..........................................................................................................30
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................30
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................30
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Suggested Activity.............................................................................................30
Evaluation..........................................................................................................30
Generalization....................................................................................................30
Topic 5: 21st Century Great Qualitative Researches Across Disciplines..............30
Discussion..........................................................................................................30
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................31
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................31
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................31
Evaluation..........................................................................................................31
Generalization....................................................................................................31
Topic 6: Contemplating on Analysis Tools............................................................31
Discussion..........................................................................................................31
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................31
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................31
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................31
Evaluation..........................................................................................................31
Generalization....................................................................................................32
CHAPTER REVIEW..............................................................................................32
CHAPTER VI: GATHERING QUALITATIVE DATA.................................................33
Topic 1: Focus Group Discussion or Individualized Interview...............................33
Discussion..........................................................................................................33
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................33
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................33
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................33
Evaluation..........................................................................................................33
Generalization....................................................................................................33
Topic 2: Preparing for Interview............................................................................34
Discussion..........................................................................................................34
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................34
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................34
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................34
Evaluation..........................................................................................................34
Generalization....................................................................................................34
Topic 3: Conduct of Interview................................................................................34
Discussion..........................................................................................................34
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................34
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................34
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................34
Evaluation..........................................................................................................35
Generalization....................................................................................................35
Topic 4: Transcription Notation.............................................................................35
Discussion..........................................................................................................35
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................35
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................35
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................35
Evaluation..........................................................................................................35
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Generalization....................................................................................................35
CHAPTER REVIEW..............................................................................................35
CHAPTER VII: ANALYSING YOUR DATA..............................................................36
Topic 1: Structural Analysis...................................................................................36
Discussion..........................................................................................................36
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................36
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................36
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................36
Evaluation..........................................................................................................36
Generalization....................................................................................................36
Topic 2: Dendogramming......................................................................................37
Discussion..........................................................................................................37
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................37
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................37
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................37
Evaluation..........................................................................................................37
Generalization....................................................................................................37
Topic 3: Thematic Network Analysis.....................................................................37
Discussion..........................................................................................................37
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................37
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................37
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................37
Evaluation..........................................................................................................38
Generalization....................................................................................................38
Topic 4: Text Analysis...........................................................................................38
Discussion..........................................................................................................38
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................38
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................38
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................38
Evaluation..........................................................................................................38
Generalization....................................................................................................38
Topic 5: Collazi’s Procedure..................................................................................38
Discussion..........................................................................................................38
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................38
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................39
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................39
Evaluation..........................................................................................................39
Generalization....................................................................................................39
CHAPTER REVIEW..............................................................................................39
CHAPTER VIII: DRAWING MEANING FROM THE DATA......................................40
Topic 1: Looking for Patterns................................................................................40
Discussion..........................................................................................................40
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................40
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................40
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................40
Evaluation..........................................................................................................40
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Generalization....................................................................................................40
Topic 2: Reflecting on Emerging Themes.............................................................41
Discussion..........................................................................................................41
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................41
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................41
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................41
Evaluation..........................................................................................................41
Generalization....................................................................................................41
Topic 3: Relating Literature to Your Emerging Themes........................................41
Discussion..........................................................................................................41
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................41
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................41
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................41
Evaluation..........................................................................................................42
Generalization....................................................................................................42
CHAPTER REVIEW..............................................................................................42
CHAPTER IX: DRAWING CONCLUSION................................................................43
Topic 1: Drawing Conclusions from Patterns and Emerging Themes..................43
Discussion..........................................................................................................43
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................43
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................43
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................43
Evaluation..........................................................................................................43
Generalization....................................................................................................43
Topic 2: Honing Conclusion..................................................................................44
Discussion..........................................................................................................44
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................44
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................44
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................44
Evaluation..........................................................................................................44
Generalization....................................................................................................44
Topic 3: Making Recommendations......................................................................44
Discussion..........................................................................................................44
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................44
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................44
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................44
Evaluation..........................................................................................................45
Generalization....................................................................................................45
CHAPTER REVIEW..............................................................................................45
CHAPTER X: REPORTING AND SHARING THE FINDINGS.................................46
Topic 1: Research Colloquium Preparation..........................................................46
Discussion..........................................................................................................46
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................46
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................46
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................46
Evaluation..........................................................................................................46
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Generalization....................................................................................................46
Topic 2: Best Practices in Research Presentation................................................46
Discussion..........................................................................................................46
Exercises 1.........................................................................................................47
Exercise 2..........................................................................................................47
Suggested Activity.............................................................................................47
Evaluation..........................................................................................................47
Generalization....................................................................................................47
CHAPTER REVIEW..............................................................................................47
BIBLIOGRAPHY.......................................................................................................48
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CHAPTER I: NATURE OF INQUIRY AND RESEARCH
Topics
Discussion
our desire that motivates us to know more about information. It is our drive to
satisfy our mind. It is the voice that dictates us to explore, to ask, and to experience
things that we don’t know that we eagerly we wanted to know. Thus, this is our
quest to feel that we like to know or to experience something. Likewise, this is our
No wonder, most of us are not tired of asking questions just to satisfy our
inquiry. No wonder, most of us are not afraid to take risk in experiencing something
exploring things that we don’t know. It is because of our curiosity. We are curious
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and wanted to satisfy our curiosity. Nonetheless, curiosity is not a consequence of
belief that is aligned with our reason and our action. For example, believe that there
implicates that it is not just enough that we ask question. It is not just enough that
we explore on things we don’t know. It is not just enough to experience what we like
using our human reason. Thus, reason is about the use of evidence and logic rather
than emotion.
Curiosity of man can be viewed into two (2) perspectives. These are curiosity
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things, and heThis unexplainable phenomenon is deeply rooted on his essence as
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
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Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
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Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
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Evaluation
Generalization
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CHAPTER REVIEW
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CHAPTER II: IMPORTANCE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Topics
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
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Topic 2: Importance of Qualitative Research
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
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Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
CHAPTER REVIEW
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CHAPTER III: FIRST STEP IN RESEARCH WRITING
Topics
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
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Topic 2: Your Problem is Your Research Problem
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
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Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
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Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
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Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
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CHAPTER REVIEW
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CHAPTER IV: LEARNING FORM THE EXPERTS
Topics
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
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Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
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Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
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Topic 5: Boundaries of Your Research
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
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Evaluation
Generalization
CHAPTER REVIEW
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CHAPTER V: DECIDING FOR RESEARCH PROCESS
Topics
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
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Topic 2: Selecting Your Participants
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
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Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
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Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
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Generalization
CHAPTER REVIEW
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CHAPTER VI: GATHERING QUALITATIVE DATA
Topics
C. Conduct of Interview
D. Transcription Notation
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
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Topic 2: Preparing for Interview
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
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Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
CHAPTER REVIEW
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CHAPTER VII: ANALYSING YOUR DATA
Topics
A. Structural Analysis
B. Dendogramming
D. Text Analysis
E. Collazi’s Procedure
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
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Topic 2: Dendogramming
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
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Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
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Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
CHAPTER REVIEW
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CHAPTER VIII: DRAWING MEANING FROM THE DATA
Topics
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
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Topic 2: Reflecting on Emerging Themes
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
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Evaluation
Generalization
CHAPTER REVIEW
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CHAPTER IX: DRAWING CONCLUSION
Topics
C. Making Recommendation
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
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Topic 2: Honing Conclusion
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
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Evaluation
Generalization
CHAPTER REVIEW
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CHAPTER X: REPORTING AND SHARING THE FINDINGS
Topics
Discussion
Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
Discussion
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Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Suggested Activity
Evaluation
Generalization
CHAPTER REVIEW
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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DEXTER V. FERNANDEZ is a senior high school teacher at Lamao
National High School – Senior High School. He is currently handling
Philosophy, and research subject. He was a former professor of
Philosophy, Language and Literature at Polytechnic University of the
Philippines – Bataan Branch, and Limay Polytechnic College. He
finished his Bachelor of Arts in English at Somascan Fathers Seminary.
He has also units in Philosophy from University of La Salette (Silang
Campus). In the 2017, he finished his masters degree in Language
Education at Bataan Peninsula State University. Presently, he is
pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy major in Educational Management at
University of the Assumption – San Fernando City.
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