PRACTICAL

RESEARCH 1
CHAPTER 1: NATURE
OF INQUIRY AND
RESEARCH
 Energizer

“LIM SUM SUM”

 LESSON 1- RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE AND
KNOWLEDGE
Nature of Inquiry
INQUIRY is defined as “a
seeking for truth, information
or knowledge”. The
 information is sought through
questioning.
 Unfortunately, traditional
educational system has
discouraged the natural
process of inquiry. Students
become more inhibited in
asking questions and are not
challenged either to answer -
high-level questions.
The rationale why this is
necessary is that generating
and transmitting knowledge
can move from the known to
the unknown and vice-verse
Exploratory Nature of Inquiry
Allows individuals particularly
students to grapple with different
ways of looking at ideas and
issues and to think creatively
about the problems that do not
possess simple answer.
Nature of Inquiry
Applied in learning, the
elements of inquiry-based
process are multiple, varied
and open to selection. Different
factors will be involved in
different kinds of inquiries in
different areas of knowledge
and at different levels of
experience. They include the
following:
1.) Selection of appropriate
questions
2.) Formulation of appropriate
questions
3.) Identifications of key issues
4.) Search for valid and relevant
evidence
5.) Interpretation and
assessment of evidence
6.) Application of evidence to
identified issues
7.) presentation of coherent,
conclusion, final or tentative
8.) reflection on, and
assessment of the learning
process.
Experience and Knowledge
Experience is a familiar and
well-used source of knowledge.
As a student, you try several
routes in going to school. You
try to find out which way takes
the least time or the most traffic
free or most scenic. By going
through personal experiences,
you can find many answers to
questions that you may have. It
has been said that experience
is the best teacher.
 Authority is a quick and easy
source of knowledge but it has
also its shortcomings that you
must consider. First, authorities
can go wrong. It can happen
that people claim to be experts
in a field but you may not have-
the knowledge to prove it.
Second, you may find that
authorities disagree among
themselves on issues, indicating
that their authoritative
statements are often more
personal opinion that fact.
 RESEARCH
- is the systematic investigation
and study of materials and
sources to establish facts and
reach new conclusions. In
various spheres of human life,
research has come up with -
 RESEARCH
developing appropriate
solutions to improve the
individual’s quality of life.
(Walker, 2010)
 RESEARCH
Generally people find it
difficult to do research.
Research is an act studying
something carefully and
extensively in order to attain
deep knowledge.
 RESEARCH HOLDS THE
FOLLOWING DATA
1.) To gather necessary
information
- It provides you with all
necessary information in the
field of your work or study and -
Gives a basic idea about the
things needed. It helps you for a
project to get acquainted with
the processes and resources
involved. The information helps
in the outcome of the project.
2.) To make changes
- Sometimes, there are built-in
problems in a project or process
that is hard to discover. It helps
you find the root cause and
associated elements of a
process.
3.) To improve the standard of
living
- Only through research can
new inventions come into life.
4.) For safer life
- Discoveries and
development resulting from
research have improved life
expectancy and health
condition of humankind.
5.) To know the truth
- It has proven time and again,
that many established facts
and known truth are mere lies
or rumors. Research is needed
to investigate and expose these
and bring out the truth.
6.) To explore our history
- Research about human history
has enabled us to learn and
understand more about out
forefathers and helped us
learners from their mistakes and
follow good things from their life.
7.) To understand arts
- Research also helps in the
understanding and
appreciation of the works of
artists in literature, painting and
other fine arts.
 REASONS IN WRITING A
RESEARCH PAPER:
Research teaches methods of
discovery
Research teaches investigate
skills
 REASONS IN WRITING A
RESEARCH PAPER:
Research teaches critical
thinking
Research teaches logic
Research teaches the basic
ingredients of argument
 WHY DO RESEARCH?
The writing process will make
you confident in your ability to
find information and present it
effectively in varied ways.
All those papers require some
type of research writing. You will
 WHY DO RESEARCH?
Undertake such written activity
during your senior high school
and will increase in frequency
as you enter college.
 MOTIVATIONS FOR GETTING
INVOLVED IN RESEARCH ARE:
You can get to investigate
topics that may be of interest
to you
It can make you study (course
work) more meaningful and
 MOTIVATIONS FOR GETTING
INVOLVED IN RESEARCH ARE:
you’ll discover real world
application of what you’re studying
You can have hands-on, practical
experience in your field of study
 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
EXPERIENCES
 Class-based activities – such as
naturalistic observation, surveys
and experiments can often be
structured to train students in the
steps of the research process
 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
EXPERIENCES
 Class-based projects – like term
papers, service learning and
community-based and campus-
based learning can be of a
research nature.
 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
EXPERIENCES
 Capstone experiences– like
senior research projects and
research tasks/assignments can
allow students to develop and
explore a research question of
their own.
 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
EXPERIENCES
 Out-of-the-class –
student/faculty collaborative
researchers provide students
opportunity to work with the
faculty members.
“Changing the face” can change
nothing. But “Facing the change”
can change everything.