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The Role of Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) Service
Learning Programs in Achieving EFA and ESD in the Philippines
Towards an Educated Nation
Dr. Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela
SEAMEO INNOTECH
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Outline
1. Overview of Philippine Higher Education and the Survey Research on ESD towards EFA
2. Principles and Policies of Service Learning and Extension Programs
3. Analysis of Service Learning Programs of Teacher Education Institutions
4. Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors for participatory development
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PHILIPPINESPHILIPPINES
The Philippines is an archipelago comprising 7,100 islands situated in the eastern rim of the Asiatic Mediterranean between the Pacific and Indian Oceans and Australia and Mainland Asia.
It borders on China in the north and the Indonesian archipelago in the south. Its northernmost island is located south of Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) and southernmost islands are located 24 kilometers from the coast of Borneo.
The Philippines is divided into three main island groups, namely, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
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Age
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
DAYCARE
NURSERY
KINDER
PREPARATORY
ELEMENTARY SECONDARY
PRESCHOOL PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARYEDUCATION
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
TERTIARY EDUCATION
BACCALAUREATE
PREBACCALAUREATE
POSTSECONDARYMIDDLE
EDUCATION/VOCATIONALTECHNOLOGY
Doctorate
Master’sFOUR-YEAR DEGREE
PROGRAM
FIVE-YEAR DEGREEPROGRAM
Technology programs
SIX-YEAR DEGREEPROGRAM
Some medical/legal programs
Philippine Education Ladder
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Offices Responsible for Education in the Philippines
A. Basic Education• Pre-School (Early Childhood Education)• Primary (Elementary)• Secondary (High School)• Alternative Learning Systems (ALS)
In-Charge: Department of Education (DepED)B. Technical-Vocational Education
• Vocational secondary• Post secondary technical-vocational
In-Charge: Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
C. Higher Education• Baccalaureate degree• Graduate (Master’s degree)• Post-Graduate (Doctorate)In-Charge: Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
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Philosophy of EducationPhilosophy of EducationPhilosophy of Education
Education shall develop citizens who believe in God, love their country and fellowmen, and actively participate in building a just Filipino society and in conserving and developing the nation’s human and material resources.
Education shall develop citizens who Education shall develop citizens who believe in God, love their country and believe in God, love their country and fellowmen, and actively participate in fellowmen, and actively participate in building a just Filipino society and in building a just Filipino society and in conserving and developing the conserving and developing the nationnation’’s human and material s human and material resources.resources.
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Trilogy Functions of Philippine Colleges
and Universities
Teaching
Community Extension (SL)
Research
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Learnthe status of Service
Learning (SL) Programs in TEIs
Direct SL towards ESD
OBJECTIVE OF THE PRESENTATION
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Farmers’Organizations
National Survey on Community Extension Programs/SL Programs
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Luzon Visayas Mindanao
T
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Profile of TEIS
05
101520253035
Private Public
Category
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CE/SL status
•Non-credit/social action requirements/Outreach program
•NSTP course
•Undergraduate course (NFE)
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Frequency of visits to communities
•Once a week
•Once a month
•Within 1-3 months
•12 days only Saturdays and Sundays
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Main driving force on SL towards EFA/ESD
•Schools vision and goals
•Government requirement
•Community request
•Established linkages
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Main Findings: GOALS
1. Majority of TEIs are committed to developing whole person for societal and environmental well-being
2.Majority reflect the call today to have equal access to education, promote peace and development and search for truth and justice through social transformation
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Main Findings: FOCUS
3. Service learning programs are focused on developing a total person within the context of harmonious environment and holistic approach to development
4. SL programs aim to create a teaching-learning situations whereby faculty, staff, and students and the community learn from each other, to render community service and to promote livelihood projects and to uplift the quality of life of the people
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SL and Community Extension Principles
Self-sustaining and self-propelling through project operation
People empowerment
Phase-out and termination
ParticipationParticipation
Project Monitoring Community Organizing
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Project Sustainibilty
AdvocacySocial Mobilization
Continuing education
Family Involvement
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Snapshots of Service Learning Programs
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Participatory Development
Local GovtAssistance
Education for ALLInvolve rural
communities
”Service Learning Programs are within 5 km from poblacion (urban)”
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National Goal
Higher Education’s Service Learning / Community Extension Programs
AlternativeLearning System
Formal BasicSystem
EFA 2015
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Types of SL Programs
Childhood dev
primary health care
POPULATION EDUC
Coop Dev
Indigenous com dev
Women’s dev
Waterworks dev
Marine dev and sustainable dev programs
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Lack of support for service learning and Lack of support for service learning and community outreach workcommunity outreach workLack of commitment from faculty Lack of commitment from faculty Fast turnFast turn--over of projects due to low incentivesover of projects due to low incentivesLack of skills of community leaders and project Lack of skills of community leaders and project staffstaffDwindling participationDwindling participationAbsence of a clear direction towards PDAbsence of a clear direction towards PDInadequate linkagesInadequate linkages
Inhibiting Factors
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Sometimes branding problems Sometimes branding problems ““leftleft--leaningleaning””Marketing the products Marketing the products Lack of leadership and managing skillsLack of leadership and managing skillsMismanagement of funds to support SL Mismanagement of funds to support SL and PDand PDDoleDole--out mentality at the community levelout mentality at the community level
Inhibiting Factors
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Other Findings:
•Need to direct SL towards ESD
•Budget should be allocated to support SL
•Compilation of projects and lessons learned for each (documenting best practices)
• SL to provide multi-disciplinary and holistic approach to students learning
• Improve on training and development of personnel and staff
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Conclusion•Teacher education institutions sees the service learning/community extension as something that creates a teaching –learning situation in the community towards ESD
•The SL provides opportunities for the community, faculty and students an opportunity to learn from one another
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Conclusion•An OVERACHING PRINCIPLE: Teacher education institutions must be able to respond to the call for societal transformation through social engineering and participatory development
•TEIS should target community-development principles to promote people’s participation towards self-sufficiency and self-reliance and not dole-out mentality