Sun.Star Pampanga

ON BEING TEACHER-RESEARCHER

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Gone were the days when research is just associated with Science and technology related fields. One notable leap in education brought about by its paradigm shift is for teachers to be research-oriented and eventually conduct researches that would uplift the standard of education in our country.

If there is one way where one can arrive with a more likely effective solution to a problem, it is through research. I cannot think of any field where research is not part of the skeleton of its organizati­on. The primary goal of a teacher is not just to teach but also to ensure that the quality of education is never sacrificed. A lot has been said and done to the education system in our country. The basic education curriculum has been revised for so many times until the advent of the K to 12 Program. All of these amendments and adjustment­s were the end-products of rigorous researches.

Today, teachers are compelled to perform researches that would address the problems in the field of education concerning the actual teaching-learning process or relating to educationa­l management. The Department of Education sights that teachers are the reliable cohorts in performing studies that would solve the lingering predicamen­ts of its system from a macro level of problem-solving such as classroom-based action research going to the micro level of solving the deteriorat­ing National Achievemen­t Test (NAT) performanc­e of the students. This view of the department is laudable if proper and sufficient orientatio­n and training to teachers regarding research are given.

With the attention that the teachers should divide among all his/her concerns having the profession which gets the lion share, the actual teaching-learning process that occurs inside the classroom is being affected. It seems like teachers really need to utilize some more of their remaining time to fulfil the call of duty.

— oOo— at Pampanga High School The Master Teacher I

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