Community engagement in teaching-learning: A pathway to quality education

Abstract

In response to the demands of a changing educational system in the Philippines, this study sought to improve learning performance and faculty development through professional learning community engagement using a research lesson framework, a Japanese approach to professional development. The purpose is to identify how effective research lessons and community engagement can be in improving the quality of teacher and student performance. Using a narrative inquiry approach within a research lesson framework with four classes of Social Dimensions of Education and pre-service teachers, the study results netted a rich exchange of ideas, engaged student and teacher performance, and deconstructed the privacy of lesson planning.