Action Research
Policy Research and Development Division
Planning Service
Department of Education
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Basic Facts
1 Central Office
17 Regional Offices
220 School Division Offices
2,597 School Districts
46,624 Public Schools
637,558 Public School Teachers
23,974,559 Learners
364,647,981,000 Budget
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Education Outcomes
2010 BASELINE
2016 PDP TARGETS
NER
CSR
CR
NAT
• Girls consistently outperform boys in all performance indicators
• Targets for elementary enrolment rate are likely to be achieved
• Relatively high proportion of secondary learners are completing the cycle than
elementary learners
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Outcomes, by region
PDP 2016 Target: 99%
90
80
70
NER - Elementary
2016 TARGET
90
80
R1
70
ARMM
R2
NCR
CAR
R3
CARAGA
R4A
R12
R4B
R11
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
2010 BASELINE
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Outcomes, by region
PDP 2016 Target: 71%
60
90
80
70
NER - Secondary
2016 TARGET
90
80
70
60
R1
ARMM
R2
NCR
CAR
R3
CARAGA
R4A
R12
R4B
R11
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
2010 BASELINE
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Outcomes, by region
PDP 2016 Target: 83%
80
70
60
90
Completion Rate - Elementary
2016 TARGET
90
80
70
60
R1
ARMM
R2
NCR
CAR
R3
R13
R4A
R12
R4B
R11
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
2010 BASELINE
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Outcomes, by region
PDP 2016 Target: 80%
70
60
90
80
Completion Rate - Secondary
2016 TARGET
90
80
70
R1
60
ARMM
R2
NCR
CAR
R3
CARAGA
R4A
R12
R4B
R11
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
2010 BASELINE
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Outcomes, by region
PDP 2016 Target: 75%
80
70
60
90
NAT- Elementary
2016 TARGET
90
80
70
R1
60
ARMM
R2
NCR
CAR
R3
CARAGA
R4A
R12
R4B
R11
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
2010 BASELINE
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Outcomes, by region
PDP 2016 Target: 62%
60
70
80
90
NAT - Secondary
2016 TARGET
90
80
70
60
R1
ARMM
R2
NCR
CAR
R3
R13
R4A
R12
R4B
R11
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
2010 BASELINE
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Implications
• Centralization is not an option
• Policy making is really difficult, why?
• Each learner, school, division and region
has certain level of uniqueness
• Needs are enormously varied
• There is no ONE SIZE FITS ALL policy
• Most logical option – ACTION RESEARCH
• Schools can solve the problems of DepEd
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The King and the Wisemen
I command you, go and
find out what happened
in the past.
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What went wrong?
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Problem statement
Objectives and delimitation
Design and tools
Data gathering
Data Analysis
Writing the results
Communicating the result
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What is Action Research?
Action Research is a disciplined
process of inquiry conducted by and
for those taking the action. The primary
reason for engaging in action research
is to assist the “actor” in improving
and/or refining his or her actions.
(Sagor, 2000)
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…School/Classroom Context
“…action research specifically refers
to a disciplined inquiry done by a
teacher with the intent that the
research will inform and change
his or her practices in the future.”
(Ferrance, 2000)
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The Basics of Action Research
THE ACTION RESEARCHER (teacher, school
head, and group of teachers and/or school
head)
1. Identify focus areas (points for
improvement)
2. Gather and analyze data.
3. Create plan of action based on data.
4. Execute plan and observe.
5. Reflect.
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Continuous
Improvement
of the
teacher, the
classroom,
the school
(district) or
even the
community
Action Research Process
Reconstructive
DISCOURSE
among
participants
PRACTICE
in the social
context
Constructive
4. REFLECT
1. PLAN
3.
OBSERVE
2. ACT
Carr and Kemmis Reflective Spiral (1986)
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Benefits of Action Research
• Potential to impact school change
• Professional development for
educators
• Strengthen partnerships and
collaborations within the school
• Self-evaluation (for individual action
research)
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Structural and Financial Support
1. Creation of the following office:
• Policy Research & Development Division, PS
• Education Research Division, BEA
• Policy, Planning and Research Division, RO
• Planning and Research Section, SDO
2. Basic Education Research Funds
• Impact and Program Evaluation
• Policy Research and Studies
• Action Research
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References
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Koshy, Valsa; Action Research for Improving Practice,
Paul Chapman Publishing, 2005
Sagor, Richard; Guiding School Improvement with
Action Research, 2000 (from ASCD website)
Ferrance, Eilleen; Themes in Education: Action
Research, Brown University, 2000
ASCD
(http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/100047/chapt
ers/What-Is-Action-Research%C2%A2.aspx)
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