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Chapter 3
Methodology
locale, the participants who were invited to take part in the study, the
Research design
research among public high school teachers. The research approach was
various topics and may involve studying the meaning of people’s lives
under real-world conditions. It also has the ability to represent the views
conditions within which the people’s lives take place. Qualitative research
the phenomena. Pope and Mays (2006) has noted that since a qualitative
process intimately.
the lived experiences in the conduct of action research among public high
documented.
Research Locale
Main and New Nongnongan National High School- San Nicolas Annex of
Don Carlos II district in Don Carlos, Bukidnon for the school year 2017-
2018.
Carlos. Don Carlos was composed of three school districts: District I, with
one secondary school; District II, with four secondary schools; and District
III with two secondary schools. The two schools involved in this study were
away from Don Carlos town proper. The school was established in 1968.
It had a population of 743 for the school year 2017-2018 and has 42
teachers both in the junior and senior high schools. It offered Special
school of New Nongongan National High School but with a different School
Identification (ID) and has its separate Maintenance and Other Operating
Expenses (MOOE) from the main school. It was 3 kilometers away from
the town proper. It was established in the year 2006. It had a student
population of 761 for the school year 2017-2018. As of the study, there
were thirty one (32) teachers combined both the junior and senior high
school. It offered General Academic Strand (GAS) and Shielded Metal Arc
Annex, Division of Bukidnon showing the location where the study was
conducted.
The participants of the study included all the teachers from both
junior and senior high school who had a full-blown action researches.
eleven identified participants base from the data taken during the
since one was on study leave for the current school year and the other was
and focus group discussion. Table 1 shows the profile of the participants
Table 1
The Participants’ Profile according to gender, age, and station.
Participant C F 36 NNNHS-Main
Participant D M 25 NNNHS-Main
Participant E F 33 NNNHS-Main
Participant F F 54 NNNHS-Main
The data in the Table 1 shows that for gender, there was a greater
number of female (5) than male (4). As to age, most of the participants were
in their 30’s, this was followed by 20’s and one who is in 50’s. Five of the
nine participants were from San Nicolas Annex; while, the other four were
from the main school. The diversity of the participants’ profile in their
Table 2
The Participants’ Profile in their specialization and position.
Araling had the same number of participants, respectively; and one for
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both major in English and Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health.
research.
When it comes to position, there were two masters teachers, one was
from junior high school and the other was senior high school teacher
which were both coming from the same school. There were also two
the teachers were in their early stage of teaching except for one teacher
who had served for a longer period of time. Table 3 shows the profile of the
educational attainment.
the conduct of the study. Five of the nine participants have completed the
academic requirements for the master’s degree and were working on their
thesis as final requirement for the degree; while, the other four were full-
fledge masters degree holder. There were two participants who were also
Table 3
The Participants’ Profile in number of years in teaching and highest
educational attainment.
Participant B 5 MA-CAR
Participant E 18 MA-CAR
Participant F 10 MA-CAR
Participant G 3 MA-CAR
Participant H 5 MA-CAR
least one full-blown action research except for one teacher who has
Table 4
The Participants’ Profile in number of action research proposal submitted,
number of on-going action research, and number of full-blown action
researches.
Participant A 3 2 2
Participant B 2 1 2
Participant C 10 3 12
Participant D 4 2 3
Participant E 5 2 3
Participant F 3 1 1
Participant G 4 2 1
Participant H 3 2 1
Participant I 6 1 5
There were two data gathering tools used in the obtaining data for
A. Semi-structured Interview
The motive questions for the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) were on
the lived experiences in the conduct of action research among public high
school teachers. This had assisted the researcher to discover more about
the researcher sought permission from the District In-charge of Don Carlos
II District. After the letter was approved by the District In-charge, the
researcher went on a courtesy call to the school heads in the two schools
where the study was conducted and sought consent in allowing the
Upon the approval of the school heads of the two respective schools,
who had action researches who were then the chosen participants. After
identifying the number of participants, the researcher met with the school
heads respectively to present the data he got from the preliminary survey.
The researcher then asked for the final approval for schedule of the semi-
structured interview and the focus group discussion. The two modes of
order not to disrupt their respective classes. All of the participants were
conducting the study, the gathering of the consent form from the
The two methods for gathering the data were conducted to grasp the
Data Analysis
among public high school teachers were analyzed based from the results
the data, finding and organizing ideas and concepts, building over-arching
themes in the data, and finding possible and plausible explanation of the
findings (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000). The Focus group discussion and
Miles (1994) claimed that a valid analysis is derived from examining and
data were done concept or thematic form. In connection with this, the
concepts related to the study (Marshall and Ross, 1995). The researcher
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be used as a guide that aids in analyzing interview data. Fonteyn, et. al.,
interview data. The more specificity in a codebook, the easier it is for coders
the more consistency there will be among coders when using it to code
to the study.
A frame for every theme were drawn as to how each of the themes
was derived. This procedure provided the means for discovering the
participants.
teachers with the action research process. The first grand theme was in
second process was in Learning more about the issue: what does research
For the third theme, there were three sub themes: difficulties in
The fourth theme was in Gathering and Analyzing data which has
analyzing data.
The fifth theme was in Taking actions and sharing the results. This