Quality of Researches Conducted in the Division Of Quezon: Basis for a Proposed Research Capability Program

Abstract

The study focuses on the quality of the action researches conducted in the division of Quezon. This study focused on the areas where a research capability program must be developed. The researcher utilized descriptive evaluative methods in this qualitative research. The respondents of the study are the research coordinators from the ten (10) municipalities of the fourth district of Quezon. From the total number of schools (243) the researcher comes up with 150 sample population using the Slovin formula. Results of the study reveals that most research coordinators are in the age bracket of 31 to 35 years old and on their 0 to 10 years in service. Most coordinators are female teachers. Based on the published action researches as assessed by research experts, researches in the division of Quezon only focused on teaching and learning topics within a school wide study. Moreover, in the competency of teachers, knowledge and intellectual abilities and research governance and organizational skills are needed to be enhanced for teachers to gain expertise in the research process. Principles provided by D.O. No. 39 s. 2016 is regarded to be evident on the action researches published. With the cited results, the researcher proposed to develop a research capability program.