UNDERSTANDING THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF
RESEARCH
Carmelo John E. Vidal, D.A.
Research Professor

University of Luzon
 VALUE OF RESEARCH

• Practical Significance
• Sociological Importance
• Legal Imperatives

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 Practical Significance
• Research is learning how to learn
• Research will help us in decision
making
Lead a life of researcher. Apply the
principles of research in day-to-day
activities. As a researcher, you must
have a clear direction, emotionally
and spiritually stable.
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SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

• The ULTIMATE GOAL OF

RESEARCH is the
preservation and conservation
of the quality of life of people
and the Society.

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 LEGAL BASES
The importance of research is
provided in Article XIV, Section
10 of the 1987 Philippine
Constitution.

• The State shall give priority to

research and development,
invention and innovation xxx.
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 LEGAL BASES
• To contribute to science, technology
and the social sciences, to the
advancement of knowledge, to the
creation of new knowledge, to cultural
development and fulfillment, to the
solving of the problems with which
society is faced, to sustainable human
development, and to spreading ideas of
peace, democracy, and protection of
the environment.

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 LEGAL BASES

• The Commission on Higher

Education, which was created by
the Education Act of 1994 (RA
No. 7722), ordered the
advancement of learning and
research by formulating and
recommending plans, policies,
priorities, and programs.
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 LEGAL BASES

• Research, according to Rosas

(2006), is one of the key
mission-vision of any college in
a university, in addition to
instruction and teaching. He
said that all colleges and
universities, whether public or
private must conduct research.
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 LEGAL BASES
• Colleges and universities are
essential in the conduct of research
as seats of dynamic research
activities and centers of creativity,
development, and excellence where
theory and practice in various
fields of human endeavor and
information are readily available
for public information (Fatalver,
2003).
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 LEGAL BASES
• Marañon explained that higher education
institutions are usually the source of
researches, promoting:
1. the continuous search for new
knowledge of a fundamental nature
2. the development of technically-trained
people of various levels to main science,
agencies, industrial firms, and allied
organizations.
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IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

I. Research is a vehicle for

mobility and progress.
Research assumes the role of
shaping the nation’s future.
Then, too, research has
brought about progress and a
much better life for all.
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IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

II. Research is important in

decision-making.
Decisions are made by school
administrator, government
officials, or business
managers everyday.

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IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

III.Research is critical to
lending credibility to our
arguments.
The results of research
gives credibility to our
opinions and discussions.
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