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• Inquiry It is a question which you ask to get some information. It is the process of asking about or

  investigating something to find out more about it.
• Investigation It is a proper inquiry or efficient study.
• Immersion It is the process of learning a skill by using nothing else but that skill. It is the fact of

  becoming completely involved in something.
• Concept It is a conceptual representation abstract objects, or abilities that make up the fundamental

  building blocks of thoughts and beliefs
• Research Study Research is like exploring things to come up with the best idea/s to respond to the

  needs of society.
• • Focus. An ill-structured problem demands consideration of diverse perspectives.

  • Decide on a topic. Think-aloud, asks probing questions, monitors and encourages participants to decide a

  topic.

  • Understanding the problem. This will include clarifications of misconceptions and possibilities.

  • Design on the problem. This is the final stage done to address problems within manageable scales and

  extend their learning pathways.
• Brainstorming is a way of inquiring ideas that will help you to develop concepts and focusing techniques by

  asking questions and knowing the interests of the persons involved in the said issues. The potential ideas can be

  visualized for interpretations.
• The following are the things that may be considered before starting the research activity:

  1. A problem that is most interesting to you

  2. Existing problems in the class/school/campus which one may want to solve

  3. Existing needs of the community or society

  4. Area of interest, specialization or event from related fields

  5. Prevailing theories and philosophy
• Case Study


  Allows the search and deep exploration of complex issues
• Phenomenological Method


  Emphasizes individual experiences, beliefs, and perceptions
• Historical Method


  Examining past events to draw conclusions and make predictions about the future
• Ethnographic Research


  To write about a group of people. The researcher is immersed within the community he/she is studying for an extended period of time
• Types of Qualitative Research

  • Ethnographic Research
  • Case Study
  • Grounded Theory
  • Phenomenological Method
  • Narrative Method/ Analysis
  • Historical Method
• Narrative Method/ Analysis

  An approach in which the stories themselves become the raw data
• Grounded Theory


  A set of methods that consist of systematic, yet flexible guidelines for collecting and analysing qualitative data to construct theories ‘grounded’ in the data themselves