Observation
Observation
ACTION
RESEARCH
Lesson 1:
Understanding Action Research
Guided Practice
A. Preliminary Activity: Answer the following questions:
1. Does the school have a research agenda?
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2. What are included in the school’s research agenda?
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3. Is there a policy for teachers to conduct action research?
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4. What is the focus of their action research?
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5. Is there available funding for this action research?
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Processing
Examine the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. Do the school and the teachers have a research culture?
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2. Are the teachers aware of the process in conducting action research?
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3. How did action research improve the teaching and learning practices in the school?
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4. What are the things that could be done to encourage the teachers to conduct action
research?
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Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
I realized that:
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3. What was your experience when you conducted your first action research?
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6. What are the lessons you learned from your action research experiences?
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B. Interview the principal using these questions. Write his/her answers in the space
below.
1. How did action research improve the research culture of the teachers?
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Processing
Examine the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
Questions Answers
1. How many action research aimed to
improve the curriculum content?
2. How many research aimed to improve
instruction?
3. How many action research aimed to
improve students’ behavior and
motivation?
4. How many action research aimed to
improve teaching practices?
5. How many action research were done
collaboratively?
6. How many action research were
disseminated in conferences, seminars
or publication in journals?
7. What percentage of teachers are doing
action research?
8. How many teachers think that research
is helpful?
Do you think action research helped develop a culture of excellence among teachers and
students? Explain your answer.
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Reflection
Write you reflection by completing the following statements:
I realized that:
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Guided Practice
A. Preliminary Activity. Examine all the available action research conducted within
the past two years. Write the titles and the research questions for each title in the
table below.
B. Interview the teacher-researcher using these questions. Summarize and write their
answers in the space below.
a. How did you select your topics for action research?
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c. How did you select the questions for your action research?
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e. What challenges and problems did you encounter while conducting your
action research?
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Processing
Examine the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. Do the topics reflect the educational issues and problem encountered in
school?
3. What could be done to help teachers improve topic selection and the
development of good research questions?
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
I realized that:
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Research
Research Topics Methodology Data Needed
Questions
B. Evaluate a sample action research based on the following criteria:
Processing
Examine the data you have gathered. Explain your answers to the following questions:
1. Did the action research done follow the standard format?
2. Are the teachers aware of the standards to be followed in conducting action research?
3. What could be done to help teachers improve the way they conduct actions research?
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
I realize that:
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Guided Practice
A. Analyze the results of the previous action research conducted in the school. Identify
the recommendations made and what actions were done in relation to
recommendations.
School Programs
School Policies
C. List titles of action research that were disseminated to other teachers and schools.
Type of Dissemination
Title of Action Research (Presented in a faculty meeting, presented in
a conference, or published)
Processing
Examine the data have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. Are the results of the action research fully utilized for school improvements?
2. Are the results of the action research disseminated to teachers and other schools?
3. What could be done to help teachers utilize and disseminated results of their action
research?
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
I realized that:
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INSTRUCTIONAL
PLANNING
LESSON 1:
Determining the Nature of Instructional Planning
GUIDED PRACTICE
A. Direction: Interview your cooperating teacher. List Down five (5) preparation tips
being done by the teacher in planning for a successful classroom instruction.
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B. Directions: Through the help of your cooperating teacher, determine how many
minutes or hours does your cooperating teacher prepare the following elements of
instructional planning.
1. How many minutes or hours does your cooperating teacher take to prepare a
lesson plan? Why does it take your cooperating teacher that long?
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2. How many minutes or hours does your cooperating teacher prepare the learning
activities for effective instruction? Why does it take your cooperating teacher that
long?
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3. How many minutes or hours does your cooperating teacher prepare the
instructional materials needed? Why does it take your cooperating teacher that
long?
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Processing
Examine the data gathered. Answer the following questions:
B. Which among the tips on instructional planning is the most difficult to follow? Why
do you think so?
C. What will happen if the teacher did not prepare for the classroom instruction?
D. Which among the given tips above is the most important? Why?
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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B. Download the DepEd Curriculum Guide. Select one (1) learning competency for each
component of the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy. Encircle the behavior and box the
content in each learning competency.
Processing
Examine the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. What difficulty have you encountered in formulating the instructional objectives using
the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy?
2. What are the components of the DepEd Curriculum Guide? Enumerate and explain
each.
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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• I believe it is essential to:
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• From now on, I am determined to:
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LESSON 3:
Writing Your Lesson Plan
GUIDED PRACTICE
A. With the permission of your cooperating teacher, paste a sample daily or detailed
lesson plan. Answer the following questions below.
1. What are the parts of the sample detailed or daily lesson plan?
2. Which among the basic parts of a lesson plan does the sample lesson plan include?
3. What are the other parts of the sample lesson plan which is no included in the
basic parts of the lesson plan?
C. With the guidance of your cooperating teacher, write a detailed lesson plan about the
next topic for the class. Paste your detailed lesson plan here.
Processing
Examine the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the importance of writing a lesson plan?
2. In preparing the lesson plan, which part is the most difficult to prepare?
3. Which do you think is the most important part of a lesson plan? Why?
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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• I believe it is essential to:
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• From now on, I am determined to:
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LESSON 4:
Selecting Appropriate Teaching Strategies
GUIDED PRACTICE
A. Observe your cooperating teacher in one of his/her classes. List ten (10) teaching
strategies that he/she used and determine the level of participation of the students.
B. Explain the guiding principle in selecting and using appropriate teaching strategies.
1. Learning is an active process.
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2. The more senses that are involved in learning, the more and the better learning.
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Processing
Examine the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. Based on your observations, what is the common level of participation of the students
to have the teaching strategies used by the teacher?
2. Which among the guiding principles of selecting and using teaching strategies is the
most important? Why?
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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• I believe it is essential to:
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• From now on, I am determined to:
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LESSON 5:
Selecting Appropriate Instructional Materials
GUIDED PRATICE
A. List the top 10 most used instructional materials of your cooperating teacher in his/her
classes.
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B. Evaluate an instructional material (IM) used by your cooperating teacher using the
checklist below.
2. Choose the instructional material that best suits your instructional objectives.
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4. Check out your instructional material before class starts to be sure it is working
properly.
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Processing
Examine the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the importance of using appropriate instructional materials in the class?
2. What common instructional materials does your cooperating teacher use in his/her
classes?
3. Do the top 10 used instructional materials of your cooperating teacher use more than
one sense?
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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INSTRUCTIONAL
RESOURCES
LESSON 1:
Understanding Instructional Resources
GUIDED PRACTICE
A. Preliminary Activity: Find answers to the following questions.
1. Does the school have library facilities?
8. Does the school provide training of teachers in the use of varied instructional
resources?
2. What are the type of instructional resources used by teachers in the delivery of the
content of the lesson?
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Processing
Review the data you have gathered carefully. Answer the following questions:
1. How essential is the use of varied instructional resources to teaching and learning?
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2. Aside from the K to 12 Curriculum Guide and Teacher’s Guide, what is the most
essential instructional resource?
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3. In the absence of available instructional resources, what is the best thing that a teacher
should do to support teaching and learning activities?
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Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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GUIDED PRACTICE
A. Preliminary Activity. Look for research journals and literatures that can be used as
instructional resources for your chosen field of specialization or major. Write down
your answers on the columns provided on the next page:
1. TEXTBOOKS
Year
Published
Name of (write N.D.
Title of the Book Publisher City of Publication
Author’s if there is no
date
indicated)
2. RESEARCH JOURNALS
Year Published
Name of (write N.D. if Title of
Publisher City of Publication
Author/s there is no date Research
indicated)
2. What are the challenges faced by teachers in using educational research and
literatures?
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3. Does the school promote the use of research-based materials and textbooks to
support instruction?
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Processing
Review the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. How do educational research and literatures help improve the content of the
lesson?
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2. How do educational researches and literatures differ from other types of
instructional resources?
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Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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GUIDED PRACTICE
A. Preliminary Activity. Conduct a survey of digital used by teachers in teaching and
learning activities. Write your answer below.
4. Using Google or other search engines, look for Open Educational Resources
online and try to download an e-book. List down the websites where downloaded
the materials below.
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Review the data you have gathered carefully. Answer the following questions:
1. How does digital media impact students learning?
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2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using digital media in teaching and
learning? Write down your answers below:
Advantages Disadvantages
Other comments:
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Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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LESSON 4:
Graphic Organizers as Resources for Visual Presentation
GUIDED PRACTICE
A. Find answers to the questions indicated in the following forms of graphic organizers.
1. Tables can be used for brainstorming and the assessment of learners’ prior
knowledge about the topic.
2. Using the Venn diagram below, identify the advantages of using graphic
organizers compared to other forms of instructional resources.
Processing
Draw a concept map graphic organizer. Identify the benefits using graphic organizers
in student learning.
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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GUIDED PRACTICE
A. Conduct a survey of instructional resources developed and produced by teachers. List
down your answers below.
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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INSTRUCTIONAL
STRATEGIES
LESSON 1:
Constructive Teaching
GUIDED PRACTICE
Observe actual classes using the following constructivist teaching and learning practices.
Other
Constructive Teaching Practices Observed Not Observed
Comments
1. Active learning strategies
2. Meaningful learning activities
3. Effective questioning strategies
4. Real-life and concrete examples
5. Cooperative learning activities
6. Problem-solving activities
7. Active investigation
8. Integrative learning activities
9. Practice and feedback activities
10. Effective motivation techniques
11. Generalization is provided by
students
12. Positive classroom atmosphere
13. Lessons and activities are
interesting
14. Students are encouraged to take
an active role in learning
15. Experiential learning activities
16. Varied learning activities
17. Students’ views are respected
18. Positive learning environment
19. Linking ideas and concepts with
real-life experiences
20. Modeling positive behavior
21. Available learning materials
22. Learning styles are expected
23. Differentiated learning strategies
Provide a narrative observation report on how teachers are using constructivist teaching and
learning in their classes
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Processing
Examine carefully the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. Does the teacher employ constructivist teaching-learning approaches?
4. What things could be done to encourage the teachers to use constructivist teaching-
learning approaches?
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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GUIDED PRACTICE
Observe actual using the following differentiated teaching and learning practices.
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Processing
Examine carefully the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. Does the teacher employ differentiated teaching-learning approaches?
2. How do students respond to differentiated teaching and learning activities?
3. What are the challenges met by teachers in the implementation of differentiated
teaching and learning?
4. How does differentiated teaching and learning improve students’ learning?
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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GUIDED PRACTICE
Observe classes and provide sample curriculum themes that are used by teachers.
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Processing
Examine carefully the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. Does the teacher use integrated teaching-learning approaches?
Reflection
Write your reflection by completing the following statements:
• I realized that:
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• I believe it is essential to:
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GUIDED PRACTICE
Observe classes and provide examples of cooperative activities that are used by teachers
in their classes.
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Processing
Examine carefully the data have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. Does the teacher use cooperative learning approaches?
GUIDED PRACTICE
Observe classes and provide example of problem-based learning activities that are
used by teachers in teaching various topics.
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Processing
Examine carefully the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:
1. Does the teacher use problem-based learning approaches?