Philippine Studies

Philippine Studies

MODERN APPROACHES in EDUCATION


QUESTION:
Competency-based education, outcomes-based teaching and learning (OBTL), understanding by design (UBD) are approaches which are being encouraged by CHED, DepEd and all educational institutions today. If you will be requested to give a talk or make a presentation about them what will be the highlights of your presentation?
 
A. Competency-based Education
1. It is systematic and organized.

A great deal of research is considered to identify competency levels. Identified skills and behaviors are placed in a hierarchy leading from simple to complex, and instructional sequence is planned to help learner achieve the desired behaviors ...

Department of Education: On decentralization vs. centralization

SIMPLY PUT, “Everything that increases the role of subordinates is decentralization and that decreases the role is centralization.

Centralization is a process where the concentration of decision making is in a few hands. The important decisions and actions at the lower level are subject to the approval of top management.

On the other hand, decentralization is a systematic delegation of authority at all levels of management and in all of the organization. Authority is retained to the top management concerning major decisions and framing policies that involve the whole organization. Rest of the authority may be delegated to the middle level and lower level of management.

Philippine Education: On producing globally competitive workforce

HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES must be evaluated in terms of the quality of its graduates and their contribution to the needs of our society and nation. How can the management of higher education institutions be made more effective and efficient in order to produce globally competitive and ethically steeped workforce?

One of the key solutions to this issue is to uplift the morals and nationalism of the students by offering enough subjects in the higher education curricula that could instill nationalism and patriotism among students. One of the reasons our society now is deteriorating is that of the so-called 'brain drain' wherein the cream of the crop among our graduates migrate to other countries, thus having no contributions in solving our own society's problems.

The Philippines needs customer-driven educational institutions

THE PURPOSE OF THE SO-CALLED customer-driven educational organization/institution is to be fully committed in satisfying and anticipating the needs of the students, who are the customers. More than a marketing strategy, this innovative educational philosophy treats the students as partners in developing and delivering quality and pragmatic education (which, in economic jargon, is the product or service offered by an enterprise).

Philippine Automated Election May 10, 2010: VOTERS' experiences, complaints, assessments, etc.

WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE in this HISTORICAL PHILIPPINE ELECTION? How would you want it to be RECORDED in HISTORY?

Let us CHRONICLE our EXPERIENCES for the NEXT GENERATIONS to know!

Stamp Collecting and the 'Philpost'


THROUGH PHILATELY—the collection and study of postage stamps and related items—one can learn of a country’s history, art, and culture, as depicted in special commemorative stamps... In the Philippines, stamps are issued by the Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost), the government’s agency responsible for providing postal services in the country. Philpost has long been producing commemorative and special stamps like that of boxing icon Manny Paquiao and the late president Corazon “Cory” Aquino.

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