Priority Areas for Research (Teacher Education)
(Source: CHED – BU Zonal Research Center)
A. On Teachers:
1. Quality of tests/examinations given
2. Modes of instructional delivery/Instructional Practice
3. Development and validation of teaching strategies
4. Research on the three core competencies for teachers, namely, teaching competency, professional competency, and punctuality and attendance
5. Assessment of performance standards for teaching competency
6. Teacher education in the region (total development of a person)
7. Case study of elementary and secondary teachers in terms of field of specialization and handling of multigrade level combinations
8. Time Management
B. On Students:
1. Performance evaluation on national achievement tests
2. Factors affecting participation rate, cohort survival rate, and drop-out rate
3. Student Performance/Assessment of Student Learning
4. Teaching-Learning Process
C. On Facilities and Resources:
1. Effect of the lack of material resources and facility on the teachers’ capacity
2. Instructional Materials Development
3. Review and evaluation of the quality of instructional materials
4. Access of ICT facilities of teachers and students
5. Access and quality of ICT used in teaching
6. Learning Environments
7. Educational Technologies
D. On Curriculum
1. Adoption of the native language of students as the medium of instruction
2. Review and development of teaching strategies and learning systems
3. Research on educational programs: ladderized programs versus degree-oriented; vocational and technical trainings
4. Access to different programs in the tertiary level
5. Shifting of programs among students
6. Learning improvement through information technology
7. Acceptability of technical-vocational curriculum
8. Curriculum Reforms/Revisions
E. Access to Education
1. Factors affecting access to education
2. Access to education versus quality
F. Management and Governance
1. Managerial capability and preparedness of school administrators
2. Value system of school administrators and teachers
3. School-based policy and management studies
4. School Organization/Administration
5. Policy Research
6. Home-School Partnerships/Linkages
7. School Effectiveness
G. Economics of Higher Education
1. Level of education versus earning capacity
2. Economics of community colleges and quality of education
H. Tracer Studies
1. Graduate-job mismatch
2. Employment system
(Source: CHED – BU Zonal Research Center)
A. On Teachers:
1. Quality of tests/examinations given
2. Modes of instructional delivery/Instructional Practice
3. Development and validation of teaching strategies
4. Research on the three core competencies for teachers, namely, teaching competency, professional competency, and punctuality and attendance
5. Assessment of performance standards for teaching competency
6. Teacher education in the region (total development of a person)
7. Case study of elementary and secondary teachers in terms of field of specialization and handling of multigrade level combinations
8. Time Management
B. On Students:
1. Performance evaluation on national achievement tests
2. Factors affecting participation rate, cohort survival rate, and drop-out rate
3. Student Performance/Assessment of Student Learning
4. Teaching-Learning Process
C. On Facilities and Resources:
1. Effect of the lack of material resources and facility on the teachers’ capacity
2. Instructional Materials Development
3. Review and evaluation of the quality of instructional materials
4. Access of ICT facilities of teachers and students
5. Access and quality of ICT used in teaching
6. Learning Environments
7. Educational Technologies
D. On Curriculum
1. Adoption of the native language of students as the medium of instruction
2. Review and development of teaching strategies and learning systems
3. Research on educational programs: ladderized programs versus degree-oriented; vocational and technical trainings
4. Access to different programs in the tertiary level
5. Shifting of programs among students
6. Learning improvement through information technology
7. Acceptability of technical-vocational curriculum
8. Curriculum Reforms/Revisions
E. Access to Education
1. Factors affecting access to education
2. Access to education versus quality
F. Management and Governance
1. Managerial capability and preparedness of school administrators
2. Value system of school administrators and teachers
3. School-based policy and management studies
4. School Organization/Administration
5. Policy Research
6. Home-School Partnerships/Linkages
7. School Effectiveness
G. Economics of Higher Education
1. Level of education versus earning capacity
2. Economics of community colleges and quality of education
H. Tracer Studies
1. Graduate-job mismatch
2. Employment system