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TEACHERS' ENGAGEMENT IN ACTION RESEARCH AND SCHOOL

EFFECTIVENESS IN TANTANGAN DISTRICTS

Katherine F. Osita1 and Ernie C. Cerado, PhD2


1
Department of Education
Tantangan Central Elementary School
[email protected]
2
College of Teacher Education/Graduate School
Sultan Kudarat State University

ABSTRACT

Action research has been one of the recent advocacies of the Department of
Education to improve school practices and address issues. This study explored the
relationships between teachers’ engagement in research and school effectiveness. As a
descriptive-correlational study, it was undertaken in 21 public elementary schools of
Tantangan Districts, Division of South Cotabato. It involved 202 respondents
comprising school heads, elementary teachers, and PTA Presidents. Stratified random
sampling and total enumeration were used in determining the respondents. Survey
questionnaires were largely utilized in gathering the data in response to the research
questions. Most of these tools were modified from existing ones. Thus, they were
suitably tested for validity and reliability. Both descriptive and inferential statistics like
percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson r were applied in data analysis.
Findings showed that 59% of the teachers were interested in action research. However,
only a few research proposals were approved, presented, and published. The teachers'
engagement in presentation and publication of research was low. Teaching and
learning area was preferred over the other action research themes. Attitude of teachers
towards usefulness of research was notably positive. In contrast, they have high anxiety
about low exposure to research development, presentation, and publication. Thus, the
more useful the teachers think of research, the higher their anxiety levels become. The
level of competency of teachers in the study was very satisfactory. Moreover, extensive
exposure and experiences of the teachers in doing action research was associated to
their level of competency. Generally, the attitudes and competency of teachers toward
research is directly linked to school effectiveness, particularly in instructional focus and
teachers' behavior.

Keywords: Teachers’ engagement, action research, teachers’ attitudes, school effectiveness,


research competency

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