UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

College of Education
EDRE 101: Introductory Research Methodology in Education
1st Semester AY 2021-2022
TTh 2:30-4:00 pm

COURSE GUIDE

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course aims to develop the basic skills needed to be critical consumers of educational research and to
provide the foundations that will help students become teacher-researchers in their respective educational
fields. The course addresses two domains in the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (DO 42, s.
2017). First is the Content Knowledge and Pedagogy Domain which expects teachers to be able to draw
from current “research-based knowledge and principles of teaching and learning.” The second is the
Personal Growth and Professional Development Domain which expects teachers to “recognize the
importance of assuming responsibility for personal growth and professional development for lifelong
learning.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon the completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1) evaluate the relevance of research in advancing the field of education;
2) examine problems/issues and related limitations in research studies in education;
3) utilize research methods appropriate to specific educational needs;
4) use research data to create strategies that impact educational outcomes;
5) examine how research findings can inform change, provide accountability, and develop evidence-based
practices;
6) Demonstrate ethical and culturally relevant strategies for conducting educational research.

COURSE OUTLINE
I. Educational Research: Its Nature and Rules of Operation
II. Action Research
a. Action Research Designs: Research solving practical problems
b. Identification of educational setting and identification of case to be handled
c. Coordination with the field supervisor
III. The research problem: Identifying why research is important
IV. The literature review: Examining the background of a study
a. Initial reporting on case to be handled and presentation of the initial plan
b. Review of literature about the case and intervention
V. Ethics and Research: The Importance of Practicing Ethics in Research
VI. Implementation of intervention
a. Presentation of intervention
b. Discussion of issues and modifications
VII. Collecting data
VIII. Analyzing data
IX. Write up of action research report
X. Reporting research: Sharing and reflecting

MODE OF DELIVERY

The class will use the university LMS and Facebook group and email as supplements, but if some will have
difficulty in internet access, the class will primarily use the Facebook group. We will have a weekly activity
but will try to be asynchronous most of the time to accommodate the ones who have difficulty in accessing
the online facility. I will be open for email ([email protected]) and messenger queries. The students can
also contact me through Viber and cellphone (09226508028).

COURSE MATERIALS

Due to limitations in accessing the library, the learning resources will be mostly available online. If there is
a student who will have difficulty in accessing the materials online, a course pack will be sent by courier.

STUDY SCHEDULE
Week Module/ Learning Resources Learning Tasks
Number Topic
Week 1 Educational Research (browse and read at TASK 1
(Sept 21 & Educational least 3) ASYNCHRONOUS (Sept 21,
23) Research: Its Explore the different possible topics Individual Task): Join the
Nature and PUT LINKS HERE (INCLUDE Facebook Group (The link will
Week 2 Rules of APPROACHES TO RESEARCH) be emailed). We will also
(Sept 28 & Operation agree on the platform that we
30) Action Research (Browse and read at least are going to use, but we will
Action 3) use the FB group and
Research Familiarize yourselves with what action messenger for easy
Designs: research is communication.
Research
solving This is a very good guide Post your recent picture on our
practical https://www.teachers.ab.ca/sitecollectiond FB group. Then write the
problems ocuments/ata/publications/professional- following things about you:
development/actionresearch.pdf 1) What is your major/ job
Identification right now and where are you
of educational This is a good overview working?
setting and https://www.txgifted.org/files/PP_Action- What are you teaching right
identification Research-Made-Easier-Webinar.pdf now? If you’re not teaching
of case to be yet, what is your area of
handled https://www.brown.edu/academics/ specialization and what do you
Coordination education-alliance/sites/ plan to teach in the future?
with the field brown.edu.academics.education-alliance/ 2) Write your top three
supervisor files/publications/act_research.pdf research interests? For each
topic, write what specific
https://www.aabri.com/manuscripts/ problem do you want to solve.
09377.pdf It is better that the problem can
be found in your workplace or
https://people.wou.edu/~girodm/library/ immediate environment. (If the
ch9.pdf instruction is not clear, let me
know)
https://www.kean.edu/~gbabo/docs/Action
_Research_Overview.pdf SYNCHRONOUS (Sept 23):
Discussion of asynchronous
https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/u task. Goal setting.
pm-assets/104561_book_item_104561.pdf
ASYNCHRONOUS (Sept 28)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/ After reading the assigned
10.3102/0091732X18821132 learning resources (browse and
choose what you feel like
Some Sample Action Research Papers reading), answer the following
https://sophia.stkate.edu/maed/ questions:

Individually first, write five

key points of each of the
following:
1) What is an action research?
2) How does it differ from
other types of research?

As a group, summarize the key

points to 10-15 important key
points of each of the following
1) What is an action research?
2) How does it differ from
other types of research?

SYNCHRONOUS (Sept 30)

Discussion and finalization of
topics

Source:
https://methods.sagepub.com/images/
virtual/the-sage-handbook-of-action-
research-3e/10.4135_9781473921290-
table1.jpg
 https://hi-static.z-dn.net/files/d6b/
ca860539aa2e9b4b40eadc8929b4aa19.jpg

Week 3 The research Guides TASK 2

(Oct 5 & problem: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/twc/sites/ ASYNCHRONOUS (Oct 5)
7) Identifying utsc.utoronto.ca.twc/files/resource-files/ Individually, coordinate with
Week 4 why research is LitReview.pdf your venue of research and
(Oct 12 & important gather background data about
14) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/ the nature of the problem.
The literature 311735510_Writing_a_Literature_Review Come up with a review of
review: _Research_Paper_A_step-by- literature on the problem (at
Examining the step_approach least ten references, better if
background of the references are action
a study https://www.researchgate.net/publication/ researches too)
Initial reporting 263041369_How_to_Write_a_Literature_
on case to be Review SYNCHRONOUS (Oct 14):
handled and Presentation of background
presentation of https://www.otago.ac.nz/hedc/ and short review of literature
initial plans otago615355.pdf
Review of
literature about https://www.une.edu.au/__data/assets/
the case and pdf_file/0018/12177/WE_Writing-a-
intervention literature-review.pdf

https://www.qub.ac.uk/graduate-school/
Filestore/Filetoupload,597676,en.pdf

Samples
http://www.practicalteacherresearch.com/
archive.html

https://www.actionresearchtutorials.org/
action-research-journals

https://sites.google.com/site/aeraarsig/
publishers-action-research

Week 5 The action Read on how to write the action research TASK 3
 (Oct 19 research proposal (Choose at least three to guide ASYNCHRONOUS (Oct 19)
and 21) proposal and you in writing) Write your action research
Week 6 presentation of https://www.coe.arizona.edu/sites/coe/ proposal
(Oct 26 & the detailed files/research_proposal.pdf
28) intervention Contribute to our list of
https://www.utm.edu/departments/ncate/ reminders when it comes to
Ethics and documents/EDFN710- ethics in research. Write what
Research: The ActionResearchProposalRubric.pdf you think is the most
Importance of important.
Practicing https://www.docformats.com/action-
Ethics in research-proposal-templates/#action- SYNCHRONOUS (Oct 28)
Research research-proposal-word Present your proposal with
detailed discussion of the
https://www.template.net/business/ proposed intervention
proposal-templates/action-research-
proposal/

https://www.examples.com/business/
action-research-proposal.html

https://www.teacherph.com/deped-action-
research-topics-and-titles/

https://www.slideshare.net/CherrylFaldas/
deped-action-research (There’s an error
here though)

https://depedzambales.ph/resources/
downloads/schools-governance-operations-
division/research/ (downloadable forms)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2
84709745_A_Distinctive_Analysis_of_Ca
se_Study_Action_Research_and_Design_S
cience_Research (action research is not
experimental research)

Action Research Intervention Plan

http://stceddepart.weebly.com/uploads/
4/0/5/9/4059456/
action_research_introduction_plan.pdf

Instructional Design
https://instructionaldesign.com.au/what-is-
instructional-design/

For Remote Learning

https://www.fi.ncsu.edu/resources/
instructional-design-principles-for-remote-
teaching-and-learning/

Creating an Educational Experienc

 https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/engage-
your-students-your-online-course-20-
proven-ways

Points of Intervention

http://www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/
user_upload/COPs/Pages_documents/
Resource_Packs/TTCD/sitemap/
resources/1_1_3_P_ENG.pdf

Ethics in Action Research (Choose one)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1
080/09650799800200053

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
322165645_Ethics_and_Action_Research_
special_issue

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
295399800_A_look_at_ethical_issues_in_
action_research_in_education

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/
10.1177/174701611100700305

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/
EJ1158982.pdf

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/
EJ908179.pdf

https://www.faapi.org.ar/ajal/issues/301/
BanegasAJALVol3(1).pdf

https://www.svsu.edu/media/
writingprogram/docs/writingprogrampdf/
P_28-34_Schumacher.pdf

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/
1.165644!/file/SREGP-Participatory-
Action-Research.pdf

Week 7 Implementatio Teacher will give recommended references TASK 4

(Nov 9 & n of for proposed interventions individually ASYNCHRONOUS (Nov 9 +)
11) intervention During implementation of
 Week 8 Presentation of Action Research Intervention Plan intervention, you are tasked to
(16 & 18) intervention http://stceddepart.weebly.com/uploads/4/0/ give a weekly update
Week 9 with pictures/ 5/9/4059456/action_research_introduction SYNCHRONOUS (Dec 2 & 7)
(23&25) videos and _plan.pdf Reporting and feedbacking
Week 10 discussion of
(Dec 2 & issues and Samples
Dec 7) modifications https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1082571.
pdf
Collecting data https://www.slideshare.net/kbarredo/
action-research-for-strategic-intervention-
materials

Collecting Data
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
328802057_Action_research_Collecting_a
nd_analysing_data

https://www.academia.edu/8767522/
DATA_COLLECTION_METHODS_FOR
_AN_ACTION_RESEARCH_PROJECT

https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/
upm-binaries/23147_Chapter_5.pdf

https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/
handle/2263/27372/02chapter2.pdf?
sequence=3&isAllowed=y

Sample
https://www.actionresearch.net/living/
marianlothian/mlphdch5.pdf

11 and 12 Analyzing data https://www.actionresearch.net/living/ TASK 5

Dec 14, Write up of marianlothian/mlphdch5.pdf ASYNCHRONOUS
16, 21, and action research Write-up of action research
23 report https://www.actionresearchtutorials.org/8- report
resources

https://kstatelibraries.pressbooks.pub/
gradactionresearch/chapter/chap6/ (with
samples)

Samples
https://www.methodspace.com/qual-data-
analysis-action-research/
13 (Jan 4 Reporting https://kstatelibraries.pressbooks.pub/ TASK 6
& 6) research: gradactionresearch/chapter/chapt7/ SYNCHRONOUS (Jan 4 & 6)
Sharing and Presentation of Research
reflecting https://www.slideshare.net/YeeBeeChoo/
tsl3133-topic-14-writing-the-action-
research-report

https://people.umass.edu/~afeldman/
 ARreadingmaterials/
WritingARReport.html

Sample

https://edge.sagepub.com/sites/default/files
/Sample%20Action%20Research
%20Report%201.pdf

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
I. CLASS PARTICIPATION 20%
Attendance in synchronous activities and participation in asynchronous activities (You will be
evaluated by your groupmates by the end of the semester).
Synchronous activities are important because it is when we clarify things and get to build
relationship as a class
(SEE EDFD 100 WEEKLY STUDY AND ACTIVITY GUIDE FOR DETAILS)

II. 6 TASKS (10% each, except for proposal and final paper 20% each) 80%
(SEE EDFD 100 TASK GUIDES FOR DETAILS OF EACH TASK)

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Instructor : Prof. Lizamarie Campoamor-Olegario
Email Address : [email protected]
Mobile Phone No. : 09226508028
Consultation Hours : just message me through messenger anytime Mondays to Fridays 8am to 5pm
* Any student in need of special accommodation should consult with the instructor

COURSE DELIVERY AND HOUSE RULES

We will use the UVLE or Google Classroom (whichever our class agrees to use), but if there is at least one
student who will have difficulty accessing the UVLE because of internet connectivity issue, we will use our
Facebook group, with the lowest bandwidth.

Feel free to suggest house rules in the conduct of our class. Here are some that I’ve made.
1) For excellence as UP students:
a) Do your best in your activities and assignments.
b) Keep track of our weekly activities.
Our classes falls on Mondays. Do the reading and/or watching of videos early on so that you can
finish activities by Friday.
2) For honor, kindly read the following.

Academic Dishonesty Definitions

Activities, that have the effect or intention of interfering with education, pursuit of knowledge, or fair
evaluation of a student’s performance are prohibited. Examples of such activities include but are not limited
to the following definitions:
A. Cheating: using or attempting to use unauthorized assistance, material, or study aids in examinations or
other academic work or preventing, or attempting to prevent, another from using authorized assistance,
material, or study aids. Example: using a cheat sheet in a quiz or exam, altering a graded exam and
resubmitting it for a better grade, etc.
B. Plagiarism: using the ideas, data, or language of another without specific or proper acknowledgment.
Example: copying another person’s paper, article, or computer work and submitting it for an assignment,
cloning someone else’s ideas without attribution, failing to use quotation marks where appropriate, etc.
C. Fabrication: submitting contrived or altered information in any academic exercise. Example: making up
data for an experiment, fudging data, citing nonexistent articles, contriving sources, etc.
D. Multiple submission: submitting, without prior permission, any work submitted to fulfill another
academic requirement.
E. Misrepresentation of academic records: misrepresenting or tampering with or attempting to tamper with
any portion of a student’s transcripts or academic record, either before or after coming to the University of
Pennsylvania. Example: forging a change of grade slip, tampering with computer records, falsifying
academic information on one’s resume, etc.
F. Facilitating academic dishonesty: knowingly helping or attempting to help another violate any provision
of the Code. Example: working together on a take-home exam, etc.
G. Unfair advantage: attempting to gain an unauthorized advantage over fellow students in an academic
exercise. Example: gaining or providing unauthorized access to examination materials, obstructing or
interfering with another student’s efforts in an academic exercise, lying about a need for an extension for an
exam or paper, continuing to write even when time is up during an exam, destroying or keeping library
materials for one’s own use., etc.
* If a student is unsure whether his action(s) constitute a violation of the Code of Academic Integrity, then it
is that student’s responsibility to consult with the instructor to clarify any ambiguities. (Source: Office of
the Provost, 1996) - http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/osl/acadint.html