Factors Affecting Cultureof Research: Inputto the Educational Progressand Professional Growthand Development

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

RA 9155 mandates that the Department of Education enact policies and mechanisms through which the delivery of quality basic education may be continuously improved. Meanwhile, the Basic Education Governance Act of 2001 underscored the role of research in the management and administration of the basic education system.

METHODS

This investigation is generally a descriptive research. The respondents were 114 public elementary teachers in San Pablo City. Simple descriptive statistics were used to determine the homogeneity and heterogeneity of data like the respondent-related factors, how they perceived culture of research, and the identified factors affecting it. Meanwhile, to answer if the profile of the respondents significantly affects the factors of the culture of research, analysis of variance was used. The data collected were tested at 0.05 level of significance.

RESULTS

The respondents Moderately Agree when they perceived the culture of research and the factors affecting it. Meanwhile, Age and Gender are Significantly Related, which implies that they are more focused, eager, and interested in conducting research. In addition, Factors Affecting the Conduct of research Significantly Affect the educational progress and professional growth and development. Time constraints, lack of research schema, overlapping tasks, financial instability, are some factors that affect the interests of teachers in research.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the data gathered, the respondents were dominated by the age range of 31 to 40 years old which comprised 46% or 53 out of 114 teachers. Meanwhile, the teacher-respondents were dominated by the 104 female teachers. Respondents were dominated by teachers with 11 -15 years of service and mostly are Bachelor's Degree graduates. However, only 22 have conducted researches. Meanwhile, having the overall mean of 3.83 with verbal interpretation of Moderately Agree, respondents perceived that conducting research helps people nurture their potential and achieve goals through various opportunities. Moreover, Time Constraints, Overlapping Tasks, Lack of Research Schema, and Financial Instability are the factors that affect the culture of research with the P-values of0.01 and 0.00.