Philippine Basic Education Research Articles

Blended Learning – An Approach in Philippine Basic Education Curriculum in New Normal: A Review of Current Literature

This qualitative research focused on literature reviews. The method utilized was document analysis. The articles were from 2010-2020 taken from different websites and documents from libraries of Hokkaido University of Education and Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College. The results showed blended learning started three decades ago, specifically for higher education institutions (HEIs), also used in graduate programs and professional development. But in 2007, in the Philippines, the Center of Blended Learning started and had very positive responses from the parents and students. Moreover, blended learning (BL) is adopted in subjects like English explicitly in Language, Science, and Distance Learning. The use of BL in education helps students engage positively in all activities and increased behavior towards learning, and empowered to become leaders, coaches, and mentors to fellow students. Teachers, as necessary instruments for effective implementation of BL, the conduct of professional development is vital. In the country, DepEd proposed to use online learning, modular approach, radio-television methods, face-to-face, and para-teachers for blended learning. But the lack of facilities like gadgets or computer sets, and connectivity in the Philippines is a unique challenge to DepEd. The education sectors asked help from different government agencies and private individuals and organizations to support the proposals. This study suggests tapping experts to conduct studies BL to help the education system in the new normal. Each school must document all the positive and negative experiences with BL. DepEd consolidates all the collected undertaking during a pandemic and creates a framework to enhance blended learning.

Attitudes of Senior High School Students towards Research: An Exploratory Study

Research is the foundation of knowledge and innovation. In the Philippine basic education landscape, “research-infused” curriculum was implemented in the senior high school to inculcate research culture among learners. Thus, this convergent parallel mixed-method study explored the attitudes of Grade 12 senior high school students towards research and its relationship to their academic performance. Papanastasiou’s (2014) Revised Attitude towards Research (R-ATR) scale was administered to 100 randomly-selected Grade 12 senior high school students to gather quantitative data. Open-ended questionnaire was utilized to gather qualitative data from ten (10) senior high school students. Data were analysed using Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient. Excerpts from the qualitative data were provided to support the statistical analysis of data. Results revealed that the students have a generally positive attitude towards research albeit the high level of anxiety that they experience. RATR scale attitude domains showed low to high degree of relationship with each other. Conversely, students’ attitudes towards research did not show significant relationship with students’ academic performance in Practical Research 2. The results yielded by this research may be used as a basis for a more efficient delivery of research-related courses in the senior high school.

Factors that Shape and Determine the Social Studies Curriculum in Philippine Basic Education (1980s–2010)

This study analyzes the process of curriculum development in Social Studies in Philippine basic education from 1980 to 2010 and argues that the curriculum, as a product, is shaped and determined by political contexts and results from the deliberations and decisions of a group of people tasked to craft it. Analyzing primary documents such as memos, reports, curriculum documents, and teacher’s guides, and drawing from interviews with curriculum writers and consultants, this study is able to identify socio-political factors that influence the articulation of curriculum objectives and content. Teachers, consultants, and staff from the Department of Education, who constitute the curriculum writing team play different roles and representations as the curriculum document is produced. In the process, they each wield levels of power in influencing the curriculum.

Web-based Mother Tongue Dialect Translator for Philippine Basic Education System

Web-based Mother Tongue Dialect Translator for Philippine Basic Education System

Developing children’s reasoning and inquiry, concept analysis, and meaningmaking skills through the community of inquiry

This paper presents the results of a research done to investigate the effectiveness of Philosophy for Children (P4C), a pedagogy employing philosophical dialogue in a community of inquiry, in a Philippine primary school. Quantitative analysis of critical thinking skills identified by Sharp and Splitter (1995) as (1) reasoning; (2) concept analysis; and (3) meaning-making revealed that there was a considerable increase in the frequency of the children’s use of such critical thinking skills over the course of fifteen (15) sessions of dialogical inquiry. Moreover, qualitative analysis of excerpts from the dialogue transcripts accounted for the refinement of the children’s use of the critical thinking skills. This pioneering work thus calls for further research that will implement P4C in other grade levels and to explore other indicators of development in children’s thinking. Further, it recommends that primary schools adopt P4C in Philippine basic education curriculum and that teacher education institutions provide teacher training and include P4C for pre-service training.

Examining Gender Responsiveness of the Philippine Basic Education Reform: An Analysis of the K-12 Araling Panlipunan or Social Studies Curriculum

ABSTRACT: This study provides an in-depth analysis on how gender issues, concepts , and principles were integrated in the recent K-12 Araling Panlipunan or Social Studies c urriculum provided by the Department of Education in the Philippines . The study employed descriptive analysis of the K-12 Araling Panlipunan or Social Studies c urriculum content covering grades one to ten. Findings have shown that promoting gender-fair education is a commitment of different educational institutions in the country , both private and public. Social Studies are the curriculum vehicle of the K-12 Basic Education Reform to promote active citizenship and social transformation. The new Social Studies Curriculum of the K-12 Basic Education Reform tries to respond in integrating gender-principles and concepts in the teaching-learning process by providing curricul um content that recognizes women’s significance in the society as product of historical and cultural processes. The school serves as an agent of social transformation by creating curricul a that provide learning experiences that will harness social criticism and action towards contemporary issues in the country. KEY WORD: D evelopment, gender - fair education, Social Studies c urriculum, and t ransformative education . ABSTRAKSI : “Mengkaji Ketanggapan Gender dalam Reformasi Pendidikan Dasar di Filipina: Sebuah Analisis terhadap K-12 Araling Panlipunan atau Kurikulum Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial”. Penelitian ini menganalisis secara mendalam isu-isu gender, konsep, dan prinsip-prinsip yang terintegrasi dalam kurikulum terbaru K-12 Araling Panlipunan atau Kurikulum Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial, yang diberikan oleh Kementerian Pendidikan di Filipina. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis deskriptif terhadap isi K-12 Araling Panlipunan atau Kurikulum Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial yang meliputi kelas satu sampai sepuluh. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa mempromosikan pendidikan gender yang adil merupakan komitmen dari lembaga pendidikan yang beragam di negara ini, baik swasta dan negeri. Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial adalah wahana bagi kurikulum Reformasi Pendidikan Dasar K-12 untuk mempromosikan warganegara yang aktif dan transformasi sosial. Kurikulum baru Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial dalam Reformasi Pendidikan Dasar K-12 mencoba merespons persyaratan untuk mengintegrasikan konsep dan prinsip gender dalam proses belajar-mengajar dengan menyediakan materi kurikulum yang mengakui pentingnya perempuan dalam masyarakat sebagai produk dari proses sejarah dan budaya. Sekolah berfungsi sebagai agen transformasi sosial dengan menciptakan kurikulum dan memberikan pengalaman belajar yang akan memanfaatkan kritik sosial dan tindakan nyata terhadap isu-isu kontemporer di negara ini. KATA KUNCI : Pembangunan, pendidikan adil bagi gender, kurikulum Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial, dan pendidikan transformatif. About the Authors: Nerissa S. Tantengco, Ph.D. is a Professor in Southeast Asian Studies at the (Philippine Normal University). Rodolfo L. Maramag, M.A. is a Lecturer in Philippine Studies at the PNU in Manila, the Philippines. Corresponding authors is: tantengco.ns@pnu.edu.ph How to cite this article? Tantengco, Nerissa S. & Rodolfo L. Maramag. (2016). “Examining Gender Responsiveness of the Philippine Basic Education Reform: An Analysis of the K-12 Araling Panlipunan or Social Studies Curriculum” in MIMBAR PENDIDIKAN: Jurnal Indonesia untuk Kajian Pendidikan , Vol.1(1) Maret, pp.37-54. Bandung, Indonesia: UPI Press. Chronicle of the article: Accepted (December 15, 2015); Revised (January 15, 2016); and Published (March 11, 2016).

The K to 12 Senior High School Technica-Vocational Livelihood Track is Not at All Ready for Implementation

The K to 12 program in the Philippines was enacted into law on May 15, 2013, through Republic Act 10533, otherwise known as the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013. The effort is an act of legislation, putting in place the K to 12 Curriculum, so that the Philippine Basic Education becomes competitive at par with other countries. The Senior High School program is believed to be one of the answers to the country’s issue on the educational system. The study determined the optimal readiness of the three groups of stakeholders, namely: Division of Zamboanga del Sur, Industries, and Community in the implementation of Technical-Vocational Livelihood Track for Senior High School in 2016. The study employed descriptive research design; and used validated survey questionnaires. Results revealed that: 1) in terms of facilities/equipment, the school administrators admitted that they are “not at all ready” in the SHS Technical-Vocational Livelihood Track; and 2) the LGUs and industries are “partially ready” to support the SHS implementation. The study concludes that the K to 12 SHS program is not at all ready for implementation in Zamboanga del Sur. It is recommended that a thorough assessment on the functionalities of facilities and equipment needed for each sub-strand of the TVL Home Economics strand be provided by concerned stakeholders prior to implementation to ensure readiness of the school to offer such strand by academic year 2016. This is also to ensure that development of the required skills among the SHS students will not be sacrificed.

Chronicling decentralization initiatives in the Philippine basic education sector

Abstract The Philippine school system is considered as one of the largest in the world with 41,989 public elementary and secondary schools and 7790 private schools under the supervision and regulation of the Department of Education (DepEd Fact Sheet, 2005). This paper chronicles various decentralization initiatives carried out by the basic education sector in the country specifically along the areas of education financing, teacher effectiveness, curriculum development, textbooks and instructional materials, and school–community dynamics and student learning and assessment. This discourse culminates with the discussion of the lessons learned from a decentralized system of education for better school operation and management.

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English Language Instruction in the Philippine Basic Education Program

The study discusses the dynamics English language instruction in the Philippine basic education curriculum. Although English enjoyed immense popularity as early as 1900s during the American entry to the country, its role in Philippine education has transformed gradually as the country undergoes political, social and economic reconstruction in the past decades. This paper analyzes the English instruction in secondary education in the framework of systems thinking. It discusses in detail how English instruction in the Philippines can be understood in the context of its role in education.

Reforms in Philippine Basic Education Viewed from Key Elements of Successful School-Based Management (SBM) Schools

While it is true that SBM shapes and charts the direction of school operations, it is interesting to discuss how a developing country like the Philippines is influenced by this reform strategy as a structural and procedural framework in managing its system of education, particularly, its basic education sector which through the years has been criticized for its alarming state as shown by its performance indicators rates. This paper purports to provide a panorama on how school-based management as a restructuring framework is viewed and interpreted by the basic education sector which constitutes the largest portion of the country’s educational system. Specifically, the eight key elements of successful SBM schools, namely: (1) an active vision; (2) meaningful decision-making authority; (3) distribution of power; (4) development and use of knowledge and skills; (5) collecting and communicating information; (6) rewards for progress; (7) shared leadership; and (8) cultivating resources, were used to serve the purpose of this discourse.

The Hermeneutics of Learner-Centered Approaches and Initiatives in the Philippine Basic Education Sector

This paper highlights how a developing country like the Philippines incarnates a learner-centered approach in its overall education framework. Specifically, key policies and strategies relative to curriculum development, pedagogical issues, educational innovation and evaluation, professional development of teachers and school-community dynamics are discussed on the basis of the platform of hermeneutics of retrieval, the hermeneutics of the actual and the hermeneutics of the potential. “In a world that is constantly changing, the most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.” (John Naisbitt, 2000)

The dynamics of educational reforms in the Philippine basic and higher education sectors

This paper explains the current reforms in basic and higher education in the Philippines. Specifically, internal and external enablers in the educational environment were reviewed as justifications of the reforms both at the national level as well at the individual teacher. The reforms were treated in the light of four perspectives in the measurement of quality namely; the reputational view, the resources view, the outcomes view and the value-added view.

School Reform: The District Policy Implications of the Effective Schools Literature

School Reform: The District Policy Implications of the Effective Schools Literature