Day: July 28, 2021

Held via online conferencing, the West Visayas State University-College of Education Graduate School gave recognition to the best research outputs both on master’s and doctoral level, July 19.

For the master’s level, among the winners was Aura Carmela Ferrariz-Sendico, MAEd Biological Science who bested other seven research presenters with her research entitled “Science Teachers’ Laboratory Activity Peferences, Local Resources and Cultural Knowledge: Bases for the Development of a Placed- Based Laboratory Activity.”

Meanwhile, the “Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Non-Biology Specialists: Basis for the Development of a Teaching Guide” by Ferolyn J. Balajadia – PhD in Science Education earned the top spot in the doctoral dissertation.

“The conduct of Research Forum is anchored on the belief that our graduate students and faculty members are major contributors in realizing the university’s vision of becoming a research university,” said Dean Ricky Magno during his welcome remarks.

The forum, participated by nominees of respective research advisers, aimed to showcase different research works, disseminate significant research findings, and confer the best master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation award.

Associate Dean Dr. Antoniette D. Cortez shared that holding the first virtual research forum of the graduate school was never easy. However, through the dedication of the working committee towards the advancement of research works, they were able to pull it off without errors. 

The Reading Association of the Philippines (RAP) conducted an online conference entitled Enabling Learners through Language and Literacy whereas six of the participants were faculty members and Education graduate school students of West Visayas State University, July 22-24.

The faculty members are Mary June D. Pineda, Lorey F. Tanaleon, and Antoniette D. Cortez while GL John C. Haro, Abraham T. Vargas, and Mary Jane P. Arenga participated as students research presenters.

The event has aimed to share the research works and best practices that highlight the role of language and literacy in teaching and learning and during and beyond these challenging times.

The participants shared they had a one-hour roundtable discussion with the most number of participants in the session outnumbering the Arellano University and the University of Philippines-Diliman.

Among the plenary speakers are Dr. Jose Lalas, Director of Educational Justice at the University of Redlands, California who talked about reading instruction, theories, and research in higher education.

During his talk, Dr. Lalas has shared a quote from the statement of Duncheon & Relles, “School is not simply a place where students learn academic content and skills. . . . It is also a place where they develop a sense of what kind of people they are, where they belong in the world, what they are capable of and entitled to, and what they can expect in the future.” 

Aside from Dr. Lalas, Dr. Portia Padilla of the University of the Philippines, and Dr. Cynthia McDermott of Antioch University, USA, also ignited the online forum with their expertise in adolescent, and intermediate literacy respectively. – Jonar Dorado/CILPI