As part of this year’s Turo Guro, the Teaching Qualitative and Quantitative Research training helped equip more than 80 senior high school and college teachers and administrators. It happened at Faura Hall Audiovisual Room inside the Ateneo de Manila University.
This was led by Mr. Jose Eos Trinidad, instructor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and research coordinator of the Ateneo SALT Institute. The participants came from different parts of the Philippines like Bohol, Cebu, Palawan, Batangas, Isabela, Davao, and Bikol. In the seminar, they were able to learn and share about the pedagogical tools necessary to teach research effectively.
During the registration, the participants were provided a book entitled Researching Philippine Realities: A Guide to Qualitative, Quantitative and Humanities Research. Their registration fee also included access to the three-day workshop, snacks, lunch, and other facilities in the Ateneo de Manila University.
On the first day (May 7), Trinidad introduced a reflective activity where the participants would think about their decisions in their research class. They were also introduced to the basics of the research process and the important details that should be emphasized when doing the introduction and literature review. One of the highlights of the day was the Zotero workshop.
On the second day, there were more collaborative activities as the focus was on the qualitative methods of research. The participants shared about effective ways they teach data collection and writing of the methods and results section. They were also able to ask questions to the facilitator about the conventions of writing this type of research.
On the last day, the participants were introduced to quantitative research. They had hands-on activities on how to use Microsoft Excel to get descriptive statistics, correlations, and regressions. They also used the time to learn and share how to effectively teach quantitative research methods.
Participants were happy about the new ideas they learned from the seminar. One participant even said, “This has been the best capacity building for teachers teaching research that I have attended so far — insightful, practical, thought provoking, and engaging. I had a wonderful experience, two thumbs up!”