Level of Competence of SDO Quirino Personnel in Basic Education Research Writing

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Research writing is one of the skills that must be developed among teachers, supervisors, and employees of Department of Education in the Schools Division of Quirino. After having the Quirino Basic Education Research Summit (QBERS) conducted in October 2015, 50 participants presented their researches based on their levels of governance. The Quirino Basic Education Research Summit (first QB) was a project to help teachers, employees, principals and supervisors in improving their skills in research writing and presenting their researches through oral and poster research presentations.

METHODS

The researcher used a quantitative descriptive method. One hundred fifty-nine (159) out of the 433 participants of the First Quirino Basic Education Research Summit served as respondents of this study. There were two questionnaires given to the respondents: Questionnaire 1: Self-Rating Before the first QBERS; Questionnaire 2: Self-Rating after the first QBERS. Frequency counts and percent were used to describe the profile of the respondents. Mean was used to analyze the level of competence of the respondents in writing the different parts of a research proposal.

RESULTS

Majority of the respondents were school heads comprising 48.43% followed by teachers comprising 38.36%. Majority of them were within 35-44 of age comprising 31.45% followed by those aged 45-54 comprising 30.82%. Majority of the respondents were Bachelor's Degree holders comprising 47.8% followed by Master’s Degree holders comprising 42.77%. Only 9.3% are Doctorate Degree holders. The School Heads rated themselves fairly and moderately competent in constructing the research proposal before and after they participated in the QBERS with means of 2.78 and 3.74 respectively. The teachers rated themselves fairly and moderately competent in constructing research proposal before and after they participated in the QBERS with means of 2.74 and 3.79 respectively.

DISCUSSIONS

Majority of the respondents conveyed that conducting action research might help them improve their school performances. They signified their intention to prepare their own research proposals to be presented in higher research conferences. Technical assistance from the SDO Planning and Research section should be extended to them. This research supports the study of Dunn, which states that attending, and presenting at conferences offers a myriad of opportunities such as contributing to and learning about the most recent advances in the field.