Research is essential to addressing the current education crisis, as it supports the development, assessment, and enhancement of educational practices. Nevertheless, carrying out action research has become one of the most challenging tasks for most teachers because it has increased their workload, and the purpose of this study was to identify the challenges encountered by teachers in their pursuit of writing action research. This study was at Tagoloan Central School in the Division of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. It used a qualitative methodology with a phenomenological research design and included twenty-one participants selected through purposive sampling. The data were collected using... More >

For teachers, advancing professionally and getting job promotions are essential because they encourage hard work and high-quality work. Promotion affects employee performance significantly, and professional development has a significant positive effect on teachers' work commitment while achieving this is consistently coupled with challenges; this study was to identify the challenges teachers encounter in their pursuit of job promotion and growth as professionals. The research sample comprised thirteen participants at the Philippines' Division of Misamis Oriental at the Tagoloan Central School selected through purposive sampling and used a qualitative methodology with a phenomenological resea... More >