Challenges in graduate teacher education completion: towards development of self-regulated thesis and dissertation writing strategies
/Reinze L. Vito
- 328 p.: color illustration 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4¾ inch)
Dissertation
College of Industrial Education--
"This study determines the challenges experienced in the thesis and dissertation writing of graduate teacher education students at selected HEIs in the National Capital Region (NCR). Moreover, it developed a self-regulated thesis and dissertation writing strategies which intends to aid in the existing attrition in the program. An exploratory sequential mixed-method research design was adopted to achieve the research objectives. In-depth interview with ten graduate students was done and a survey questionnaire was developed for the quantitative phase. About 106 master's and doctoral graduates from various HEIs in the NCR in the academic years 2020-2022 took part in the survey. To identify the factors of self-regulated thesis and dissertation writing strategies, descriptive analysis of the collected data and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were both used. Findings revealed major difficulties in institutional thesis and dissertation writing processes while students generally did not have many difficulties when writing, aside from challenges related to research topic development. The factors which affected the self-regulated writing of a thesis and dissertation of the graduate teacher education students found are (1) Productivity and Focus Strategies, (2) Structured Planning and Research Strategies, (3) Networking and Collaborative Strategies, (4) Progress Monitoring and Time Management Strategies, and (5) Knowledge Enrichment and Audience-centric Strategies. Using these factors, strategies were developed demonstrating the use of the five strategies towards the completion of a thesis or dissertation added to the existing body of knowledge. "- Author's Abstract