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FGD-6: SECONDARY CURRICULUM REVIEW in SCIENCE AND ENGINEERIING from K-12 31st Annual PAASE MEETING and Symposium University of the Philippines National Science Complex 2011 Core Members Lourdes Herold, (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Chair), lherold526@aol.com Alfonso Albano, (Bryn Mawr College, Scribe), alfonso.albano@gmail.com Maria Victoria Abcede, (Department of Education), bse.abcede@yahoo.com Merle Tan, (Director, UP National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED), merle.tan06@up.edu.ph Dina Ocampo, (Dean, UP College of Education), dina.ocampo@gmail.com Sevilla Detera Wadleigh, (NIH), sevilladetera@gmail.com Olie Lucas, (Unang Hakbang Foundation), olie.lucas@gmail.com Teofilo Gonzales III, (Miriam College), tgonzales@mc.edu.ph Raquel Huliganga, (Department of Energy), raquelhuliganga@yahoo.com The Problem – Low Rankings in quality of education… …and also in technological readiness Solutions to input gap problems (SY2010)What we will not get involved with • We are not going to provide • umbrellas to students who are in classrooms with roofs leaking. • We are not going to provide 135,847 toilets that are needed. • We are not providing chairs to students in overcrowded classrooms so they will not be bringing their own chairs to schools. Stats show there is a shortage of 101,612 seats. Neither are we providing birth control pills even though we all know that if we solve the overpopulation problem we will be solving the educational problems as well. (There are 19,717,101 K-10 students enrolled SY 2010). What we will be focusing on • Problems related to the curriculum Background • Kindergarten + a full 12 years of basic education will be required for entry into tertiary level education by SY 2018-2019. For details, see http://www.gov.ph/2010/11/02/briefer-on-the-enhanced-k12-basiceducation-program/ • Curriculum development for the new structure is now underway, but there does not yet seem to be a consensus about the details among the principal stakeholders: the Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). • Instructional modules that can be used independently of the structure of the curriculum are being developed at the National Institute of Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED). See http://www.nismed.upd.edu.ph/ Action Items • Individual PAASE members can participate directly in the curriculum development efforts of DepEd and in the development of instructional modules at NISMED through the following mechanisms. – Help in the curriculum “refinement” now underway at DepEd by commenting on drafts of curricula made available in the DepEd’s website. – Help DepEd create “science investigatory projects,” research projects appropriate to high school students. – Help NISMED develop “curricular scripts” – teaching modules to help teachers, especially those with deficient preparation in the subject matter, to teach specific scientific concepts or limited subject areas rather than entire curricula. – Develop experiments utilizing locally available materials and supplies Action Items • PAASE Members can also help in areas other than the curriculum – Participate in NISMED summer teacher training programs. – Invite high school science teachers to work in members’ research laboratories during the summers. – Consider teaching part-time in secondary schools (even elementary schools) via the internet or in person – Donate used science equipment to Philippine high schools. Transportation and customs fees could be an issue for members based abroad, but donations can be channeled through DepEd to avoid customs charges. – Adopt a high school and do presentations on careers in science and technology – Write articles for the local papers on science and technology education (problems, situations and solutions) Other Participants • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ester Garcia, (UE) Gisella Concepcion, (UP), gpconcepcion@gmail.com Pedro Jose, (George Washington University), pjose@cnmc.org Perry Esguerra, (UP), dalandansoda@yahoo.com Liza Virata Theimer, (USFDA), marialuisa.virata@fda.hhs.gov Antoinette Bass- Hernandez, (UP), avp.abh2@gmail.com Elsie Jimenez, (UP), elsiecjimenez@yahoo.com Heev Ayade, (University of San Carlos), ayade.h@gmail.com Lara Villacruz, (University of San Carlos), lmvillacruz@gmail.com Glenn Gregorio, (IRRI), g.gregorio@cgiar.org Camilo Jose Salvana III, (Mindanao University of Science and Technology), cjss111@yahoo.com.ph Rengie Mark Mailig Timothy Santos, (UP), tdsantos@up.edu.ph Connie Albano Onofre de Jesus, (U of Wisconsin, Madison) dejesus@facstaff.wisc.edu