“Know and understand what internationalization is.”
- Atty. Lily Freida M. Milla, CESO IV.
This sums up the very message of CHED Webinar on Responding Higher Education Challenges through Internationalization, July 23.
Whereas, West Visayas State University was selected as one of the 14 public universities in the Philippines to be part of CHED’s Fostering World Class Philippine Universities in line with the Building the Internationalization Competitiveness of the Philippine Higher Education Project.
During her keynote speech, Atty. Milla quoted International Relations officers (IROs) PH, “We envision the internationalization of Philippine higher education as a driver of quality, relevant, and sustainable trailblazing opportunities for institutions, agencies, and other stakeholders that will transform the country into a knowledge-based society.”
The OIC office of the Deputy Executive Director also discussed the Internationalization as a DRIVER of Philippine Higher Education.
This strategy was integrated to develop high-quality and high-impact internationalization initiatives, re-engineer existing policies, institutionalize internationalization, vitalize inter-agency cooperation, engage industries and related stakeholders, and reinforce compelling messages and incentives.
However, Atty. Milla shared that the internationalization approaches of CHED were greatly affected by the pandemic. “Until COVID-19 struck–and international education is now being challenged and in fact, the value of internationalization is again being questioned, and it is, in fact, being disputed.”
The Fostering World Class Philippine Universities is a project to boost the global presence of the Philippine higher education sector and cultivate world-class Philippine universities.
This was participated by 14 public universities initially selected for this project to accelerate local and global inter-university research collaboration, to improve academic reputation, to promote international initiatives and increase global reputation and engagement, to foster great international linkages, and benchmarking of Philippines HEIs with leading foreign universities.
-Jonar Dorado/CILPI
Here is the full list of winners for the master’s level:
1st Place: “Science Teachers’ Laboratory Activity Peferences, Local Resources and Cultural Knowledge: Bases for the Development of a Placed-Based Laboratory Activity” by Aura Carmela Ferrariz-Sendico – MAEd Biological Science
2nd Place: “Caring Pedagogy: An Exploration on Distance Learning in English” by G.L. John Clavel Haro – MAEd English Language Teaching
3rd Place: “Development of Instructional Materials Anchored on Universal Design for Learning” by Diospyros C. Fuentes – MEd Special Education
Meanwhile, the winning doctoral dissertations are as follows:
1st Place: “Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Non-Biology Specialists: Basis for the Development of a Teaching Guide” by Ferolyn J. Balajadia – PhD in Science Education (Biology).
2nd Place: “Development of a Peace Education Package for Higher Education” by Aphrile L. De Angel – PhD in Education (Curriculum Development)
3rd Place: “Course Facilitators’ Teaching Approaches and Challenges: Inputs to the Development of an Issue-Based Instructional Model and Course Syllabus in Science Technology and Society (STS)” by Aldrex A. Barrientos – PhD in Science Education (Physical Science)
-Jonar Dorado/CILPI