Research Agenda (2010-2011)

I. Policy- oriented researches (Institutional)

• Extent of realization of the school’s philosophy, vision, mission, and goals through its programs and activities (with tools for monitoring and evaluation vis a vis ISP)
• Relevance/responsiveness and effectiveness of curricular programs
• Governance and/or management policies and practices
• Human resources development and/or personnel management policies and practices
• Effectiveness of employees/ participation in institutional thrusts (Extension, Research, Christian Leadership)
• Students’ governance and delivery of student services
• Relevance and effectiveness of admission and retention policies and practices
• Environmental management assessment
• Development Programs for Administrators, Faculty, Non-Teaching Personnel, Students)
• Effectiveness of scholarship programs
• Effectiveness of guidance programs and services
• Development, Validation and effectiveness of instructional materials (modules, lab manuals, worktexts, etc)
• ICT Readiness of the Faculty and Non-Teaching Personnel
• Energy Conservation and Efficiency
• Assessment on the infrastructure support for ICT
• ICT tools for program and project monitoring
• Risk and Stress Management
• Education policy researches on graduate education, teacher education, ICT, business education, engineering education, legal education, and basic education
• Meta-analysis of graduate theses of teachers in basic education, higher education
• Development of ICT-driven curriculum/instructional materials
• Academic-Socio-Economic-Cultural-Religious profile of students
• Learning styles of students and teaching styles of teachers
• Impact of intervention programs to promote learning
• Performance in licensure exams (LET, CPA, Engineering,) and achievement/ assessment test (basic education)
• Best practices in student teaching, office practicum, on the job training
• Impact of extension services to beneficiary communities/schools

II. Research Linkages

• Partnership among the regional line agencies, local government units, non –government organizations in program governance
• Workable and effective LGU/NGO partnership systems: case studies/ best practices
• Practices and problems in identifying and accrediting NGOs/ Pos by LGUs
• Effectiveness of participation NGOs/Pos in planning and special bodies
• Best practices in managing small and medium scale enterprises
• Effectiveness of community-based management programs
• Human Rights Ordinances tracking (enactment and implementation)
• Community Mobilization on Climate Change, Environmental Protection, Health and Sanitation, Energy Conservation and Disaster Mitigation
• Social Protection (Welfare and Development of Critical Sectors/Concerns: Children and Youth, Senior Citizens, Gender and Development, Family, and Community
• Other researchable topics from CHED-ZRC, NEDA, DOST-ICIERD, CHR, DSWD, R1HRDC

III. Others

Action Researches

• Experimentation of new teaching techniques/devices, solving problems on students’ low performance and/or inactive participation, indifferent attitude to learning, poor classroom interaction, etc.

Ethnographic Researches

• Those that by their very nature defy simple quantification (ex. the interaction of students and teachers in classroom activity)
• Those that can best be understood in a natural setting (ex. the behavior of students at a school event)
• Those that involve the study of individual or group activities over time (such as the changes that occur in the attitudes of at- risk students as they participate in a specially designed, year-long, reading program)
• Those involving the study of the roles that educators play, and the behavior associated with these roles (ex. the behavior of classroom teachers, coaches, staff, and other school personnel as they fulfill their various roles and how such behavior changes over time)
• Those that involve the study of the activities and behavior of groups as a unit (ex. classes, athletic teams, subject matter departments, administrative units, work teams, etc.)
• Those involving the study of formal organizations in their totality (ex. schools, school districts, etc.)