Research Competence of Senior High School Teachers in City Schools of Pangasinan

Abstract

This study determined the research backgrounds and productivity of teachers, their competence with respect to research skills, and examined their competencies to build their research capacities. A questionnaire was developed by the researcher based from the validated questions from different sources, the questions were summarized based from the objective and purpose of the study. Based from the results gathered, most of the respondents were master’s degree holders in their respective fields. The knowledge of the Senior High School Teachers in terms of the leaning competencies in research is very adequate. On the other hand, the respondents were competent on the learning competencies on the said subject. Time management came out as the serious problem which was encountered by the teachers in teaching research. Cooperative leaning is the most effective strategy in response to the problems encountered by the teachers in teaching research.