Lesson 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF

RESEARCH IN DAILY
LIVES
• Part 1: Research Experiences
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and Knowledge

&
• Part 2: Importance of
Research
OBJECTIVES:
• shares research experiences and
knowledge (CS_RS11- IIIa-1); and

• explains the importance of

research in daily life (CS_RS11-
IIIa-2).
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1. What is your expectation in the

subject Practical Research?
2. What do you expect to learn from it?
How do you achieve it?
3. After taking the subject, you will be
able to________?
Games
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Imagine that you are a police inspector

assigned to solve a crime. There are four
(4) clues in the crime scene. It is your job
to decode the clues using the alphabet,
musical notes, and symbols in order to
identify who is the culprit.
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FirstClue: SEARCH
Second Clue: INVESTIGATION
Third Clue: INFORMATION
Fourth Clue: I KNOW
Fifth Clue: YOU
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• Do you have a similar problem searching
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about things you don’t know?

• How did you come up with the answer?
• Have you consulted anybody? Or
• Did you switch on your smartphone or
computer and search on the internet?
• Isn’t fun to know the answers to your
questions?
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If you think research is

not for you, let me give
you some instances that
you might have applied
“researching”
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Can you still recall when you

first played your favorite
online game, and no matter
how much you try, you still
cannot defeat your
opponent’s hero?

What did you do?

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The process that you have done is RESEARCH.

You had a problem, you established your methods
on how to solve your problem, you conducted a
literature review or an actual interview and survey,
then you came up with solutions. These requires
you to search and to overcome your problems.
Research flows in the same manner.
ETYMOLOGY OF RESEARCH
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• RESEARCH came from “re” and “search”.

"Re" is a prefix that means again and search
is a word which means to look for.
Therefore, research is to look for something
(Chapman 1979).
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• There are two (2) things that we need to take note of in

this definition.
• First, research is not only about the discovery of
something unknown, it is coming up with a new
explanation of something that is known.
• Second, research is a process. It is a process of searching
for something to solve an existing problem or difficulty
to solve.
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• RESEARCH is also understood as a

systematic investigation or inquiry entailing
collection of data, documentation of critical
information, analysis, interpretation of
information (Williams 2007).
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• RESEARCH as systematic means it follows the

structure or method. Therefore, whenever collecting
data, documenting information, analyzing, and
interpreting information are conducted, a particular
method is used.
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• RESEARCH can be also viewed as the

formation of new knowledge and the
employment of previous or existing knowledge
into a new and creative way (O’Donnell 2012).
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Imagine these two (2) scenarios: mother

giving birth to a baby and a potter molding
a pot. The creation of new knowledge can be
compared to a mother giving birth. The
mother stands for the research itself and the
baby is new knowledge. Thus, through
research, new knowledge is born.
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On the other hand, a potter molding a pot can

be paralleled to the use of existing knowledge
in a new creative way. Here, the potter stands
for the researcher, the clay as the existing
knowledge, and the pot itself is a new
knowledge made creatively.
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research.
• You are not just fully aware that
what you were doing is research
and you have been doing many
times.
• It is a challenge for you that
needs dedication and
commitment to successfully do
this exciting activity.
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• Do you feel annoyed if there is a power
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interruption?
• Can you imagine a world without
electricity?
• Do you feel unease if the internet
connection is not stable?
• Can you imagine if there is no internet or
if there is no cellphone?
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It is because of research which made our

lives comfortable, easy, and secured.
Various researches have changed our lives.
Here are some leading outputs of the
researches that really changed the world
and our perspectives in lives.
1. Electricity 7. Internet
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2. Engines 8. Vaccines for

3. Telephone Viruses
4. Rubber 9. Antibiotics
5. Modern 10. Modern
Education Medicine
6. Computer
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Think of what you consider

most valuable on the things
that you have now?

Can you cite five of them?

Research is very significant on our lives, it has gradually
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changed human life through history. Here are the five (5)
importance of research to our daily lives.

1. Research aims for truth (Rolfe, 2002).

2. Research improves quality of human life (Bornmann,
2013).
3. Research saves life(Cancer Research UK, 2019).
4. Research gathers necessary information (Igwenagu,
2016).
5. Research explores humanity (Lee, Tran, and Lee, 2007).
Research aims for truth (Rolfe, 2002)
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• Research is about establishing truth

based on evidence or data. We conduct a
study to seek for truth.
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human life (Bornmann, 2013)

• All of the technological advancements are
brought by different researches (Gupta 2018).
Without the people who dedicated their lives
for the sake of humanity, we will not have this
kind of life. Through research, it improves our
standard of living.
Research saves life(Cancer Research
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UK, 2019)
• Through the course of human history, research has
proven its worth and roles in our lives. In the past,
when penicillin was not yet discovered, people just
die without proper medication. It was by the
research of Fleming that the first generation of
antibiotics were discovered (Pandey et al. 2014).
Research saves life(Cancer Research
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UK, 2019)

• In the same manner, how can we forget the research

of Dr. Abelardo Aguilar, a Filipino doctor, one of the
contributors to the discovery of Erythromycin
during the late 1940s? Now, we have effective
medicine in bacteria that causes infections in the
respiratory tract (Peretti et al. 2011).
Research saves life(Cancer Research
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UK, 2019)
• Moreover, Dr. Fe Del Mundo improved the incubator
and jaundice relieving device. Now pre-matured
babies and those suffering from jaundice can survive
and enjoy life in the future. With our situation now
with the threat of COVID 19, the only hope is
research.
Research saves life(Cancer Research
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UK, 2019)
• Research on understanding the disease, development
of vaccines, and medication will save us. Nonetheless,
researchers are doing their best working day and
night to have a medical remedy for this pandemic.
Later, research will succeed and will continue to
provide us a safer life.
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information (Igwenagu, 2016)

• Conducting research implies gathering necessary

data to explain your problem and to answer your
particular questions.
Research explores humanity (Lee,
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Tran, and Lee 2007)

• Research deals with the investigation of culture to
understand and to appreciate others' practices, and
beliefs (Zion and Kozleski 2005).
• The way we understand others is the result of a long
study of different individuals to provide us explanations
about group or individual culture. Because of this, we
can now relate, understand, and respect others.
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RESEARCH is important because it aims

for truth, improves quality of human life,
saves life, gathers necessary information,
and explores humanity. Who knows in
the future, you’re research might be
beneficial to humanity. Hand on your
pencil! Let us start researching!
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