Assessment of Teachers’ Research Capability towards the Promotion of Research Culture in Elementary Schools

Research had irrefutably displayed its importance in the field of education. However, amidst the increasing developments in the teaching practices from the research results and findings, conducting research remains to be one of the waterloos of most teachers, especially in basic education. Hence, this study was conducted to assess the capability of Elementary school teachers in conducting research. Descriptive research design was utilized, and data were obtained through online survey from 32 teachers coming from different public elementary schools in Mariveles District. The gathered data were encoded and analysed in SPSS using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings of the study revealed that most of the respondents had no research activity yet. Findings of the study revealed that teachers are slightly capable of performing activities related to conducting educational research. This means that they can write a research proposal with close supervision of an expert. Furthermore, there were significant variations in their research capabilities when grouped by their position, highest educational attainment, and level of seminars attended. Post-hoc analysis revealed that teachers who hold a higher position and educational attainment; and have attended higher level of seminar are more capable of writing a research proposal than the other teachers. A training design was proposed based on the results of the study to enhance teachers’ capability in doing educational research.

Keywords – Elementary schools, elementary teachers, research capability