Project T2P: A Basis for Establishing the Culture of Research in Bulihan National High School, Silang, Cavite

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Initiating and maintaining a culture of research may take years to develop and once established it requires regular maintenance. Plans for the research culture may include the teachers, school administrators, guidance counselor, and the stakeholders will join hand in hand to improve educational outcomes. Through this, it will design a research program that will help teachers to conduct research on their own.

METHODS

This study used descriptive research design and there are 126 teachers’ respondents in Bulihan National High School. The researcher utilized stratified sampling using survey-questionnaire.

RESULTS

The teacher-participants were agreed to all the indicators on the assessment of the culture of research in terms of "I will engage in research" with an overall weighted mean of 4.08 with a verbal interpretation of agreeing for the past three years of 2015-2018. Moreover, the teacher-participants were neutral to all the indicators on the assessment of the culture of research in terms of "I will not engage in research" with an overall weighted mean of 3.09 with a verbal interpretation of neutral.

DISCUSSIONS

This study is limited for teachers and school administrators in the Department of Education (Department of Education) that will help them to enhance and develop their research capabilities through different programs created by the researcher. The future direction of the research is to continue upgrading of skills among teachers and school administrators through training's, seminars and workshops that should regularly be conducted so that they will acquire the most up to date skills in research writing.