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PHILIPPINE BASIC EDUCATION

A blog that tackles issues on basic education (in the Philippines and the United
States) including early childhood education, the teaching profession, math and
science education, medium of instruction, poverty, and the role of research and
higher education.




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"EVERY STUDENT DESERVES A GIFTED EDUCATION"

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October 27, 2023

What a real pleasant surprise to see this in my mailbox when I got home today.
It was a copy of the #1 New Release in Amazon books on Education Administration.
In this book, Brian Butler speaks the hard truth about what we are currentlly
getting wrong in basic education. Every student deserves a good education. That
is what "gifted" really means. And as Brian Butler strongly states in the title
of his book, every child deserves a good education. Every child is unique in
talents and strengths. Every child is precious and gifted so every child must be
matched with good quality instruction. When we begin to categorize children as
early as elementary school, all we are doing is labeling them according to their
parents' resources. That is not "gifted". That is "privilege". Limiting good
education to children born with privilege will only exacerbate inequity in
society, completely undermining our objective of providing education for all. 
To order at Amazon,
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DEPED HAS A NEW CURRICULUM

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August 11, 2023
After more than ten years, the Department of Education in the Philippines has
now taken steps to revised its ill-advised K plus 12 curriculum. The new
curriculum, called MATATAG K to 10 curriculum addresses some of the issues I
raised in the first post on this blog.  Above copied from ABS-CBN News As a
summary, these are the changes according to    ABS-CBN News : In the present
system, there are the seven identified foundational skills or learning areas for
students: mother tongue Filipino English Mathematics  Araling Panlipunan MAPEH
Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao Under the adjusted K to 10 curriculum, learning areas
are reduced to only five: Language Reading and Literacy Mathematics Makabansa
GMRC (Good Manners and Right Conduct) There are likewise suggestions that the
spiral approach in teaching math and sciences in grades 7 to 10 would be
removed. The K plus 12 curriculum was clearly a wasteful experiment in the past
ten years. It led to no improvement in basic education. What remains t
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WHAT DOES AI SAY ABOUT LACK OF RECOGNITION FOR SCORING HIGH IN PSAT?

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January 14, 2023
I have not posted on this blog for some time. Of course, that does not mean a
lack of interest or concern. Schools are still trying to recover from the
pandemic and the problem of inequity in education remains pressing. There is
something novel, however, that has caught the attention of educators: Artificial
Intelligence. There is now ChatGPT, a program that can write a paragraph when
provided a prompt, which is quite alarming for classes that require students to
write essays. So, I tried it this morning and this is what I got: It is
reasonable. In fact, ChatGPT is more reasonable than some parents in Fairfax
county. Recently, some high schools in Fairfax county failed to notify their
students of reaching a commended status in the PSAT. Just to be clear (from
nationalmerit.org):  What does it mean to be National Merit Commended? Commended
Students are named based on a nationally applied Selection Index score that may
vary from year to year and is typically below the level required for
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IT'S NOT THE BELL, IT'S THE BIMODAL THAT WE SHOULD ELIMINATE

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June 15, 2022
Mike Mattos, a leader in professional learning communities, reminds educators
that they must work to eliminate the "expectation that student achievement
should plot across a bell-shaped curve". Of course, with the primary objective
of "learning for all", a bell curve definitely points out that we are
unsuccessful. The problem, however, is more serious than a bell curve. As
Professor Massimo Boninsegni of Alberta pointed out years ago , a bimodal
distribution is much more insidious. A bimodal distribution The above
distribution can be seen in introductory science courses in college. A class
with such a distribution can be divided into two groups. Oftentimes, the class
is composed of two types of students: students who have taken advanced science
courses in high school and students who have not. When such a distribution
appears, it is apparent that some students are not seeing new material, while
others are seeing topics for the first time. As someone who teaches an i
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WEAK GUN LAWS CORRELATE WITH HIGHER CHILDREN GUN-RELATED DEATH RATE

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May 25, 2022
With another mass shooting in an elementary school, again and again, thoughts
and prayers are sent. Again and again, however, we hear the same excuses that
only obfuscate our discussions. Mental health is a favorite red herring although
studies are clear on this issue: Mental health does not correlate with the
number of mass shootings. Every country in the world has its share of problems
with mental health but only the United States is exceptional when it comes to
the killing of children in their schools with assault rifles. Some argue that
more guns in the hands of good people make a society safer. With 400 million
guns and a population of about 330 million, there is more than enough firepower
for everyone. And it is utterly wishful thinking to suggest that everyone in the
United States is good. These tragic incidents require not just our thoughts and
prayers, but more importantly, well-informed changes in our policies. Research
shows that there is one factor that correlates well with
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BE CAREFUL WITH EDUCATIONAL EXPERTS AND GIVE SARA A CHANCE

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May 16, 2022
Rene Luis Tadle Repost from Facebook This came out of my memory feed today. I
remember how the Aquino government together with the so-called education experts
and well-experienced education managers cajoled, rammed, and made false promises
to convince students, teachers, and parents to accept the wisdom of additional
two years of basic education despite the objections from various sectors. Thus,
in 2015, together with other groups and individuals, CoTeSCUP questioned the
constitutionality of the K-12 Law in the Supreme Court. SC declared that the law
was constitutional and thus dismissed our petition, noting that it is within the
police power of the state to enact educational laws including the K-12 Law.
However, it noted as well that “It is not for the Court to look into the wisdom
or propriety of legislative determination.” (CoTeSCUP et. al, vs. DOLE et al.
G.R. No. 216930). Since then, studies have shown that K-12 Law failed to live up
to its promise (Orbeta et al., 2019 Manansan, 2
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WHY BASIC EDUCATION MATTERS

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May 11, 2022
Filipinos recently elected the son of Marcos to be their next president. They
also voted for the daughter of the current president to be their next vice
president. Some may think that how people vote is influenced by their education.
Unfortunately, in politics, beliefs are more important. What basic education can
do is so little compared to what frustration and disenchantment can. Filipinos
have been experimenting with liberal politics for more than three decades. There
seems to be not much difference for most Filipinos who have lived in both
periods, before and after the EDSA "people power" in 1986. Education cannot
miraculously change how people vote, but how people deal with politics shows the
current state of education. Unfortunately, even the opposition to
authoritarianism demonstrates the current predicament of Philippine education.
The results of the elections have been made public quickly this time. At past 8
in the evening, nearly half of the votes have been transmit
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LABELS

 * assessment
 * Bullying
 * Classrooms
 * Commentaries
 * Curriculum
 * Data and Statistics
 * Discovery Based Learning
 * Early Childhood Education
 * Education
 * Education for All

 * Education Reform
 * equity in education
 * Evidence-Based Research
 * gifted education
 * Grading System
 * Higher Education
 * Homework
 * Instructional Hours
 * Kindergarten
 * Math Education
 * Mother Tongue Based - Multilingual Education
 * News
 * Nonprofit Organization
 * Overview
 * Parental Involvement
 * Parental Involvemnt
 * poverty
 * Reading
 * School Drop-outs
 * Science Education
 * SEL
 * Shortages
 * Special Education
 * Spiral Approach
 * Standardized Tests
 * Suggestions to Solve Problems in Basic Education
 * Teacher Groups
 * Teaching
 * technology
 * Technology in Classroom
 * Tracking
 * Views from Regions
 * Vocational Education
 * Writing

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ARCHIVE

 * 2012 308
    * April 6
      
    * May 20
      
    * June 65
      
    * July 41
      
    * August 30
      
    * September 35
      
    * October 37
      
    * November 36
      
    * December 38
      

 * 2013 414
    * January 32
      
    * February 29
      
    * March 44
      
    * April 42
      
    * May 43
      
    * June 35
      
    * July 31
      
    * August 32
      
    * September 30
      
    * October 34
      
    * November 29
      
    * December 33
      

 * 2014 212
    * January 16
      
    * February 9
      
    * March 12
      
    * April 13
      
    * May 17
      
    * June 24
      
    * July 21
      
    * August 17
      
    * September 25
      
    * October 23
      
    * November 19
      
    * December 16
      

 * 2015 224
    * January 22
      
    * February 20
      
    * March 24
      
    * April 20
      
    * May 23
      
    * June 18
      
    * July 18
      
    * August 14
      
    * September 16
      
    * October 15
      
    * November 17
      
    * December 17
      

 * 2016 186
    * January 16
      
    * February 11
      
    * March 14
      
    * April 10
      
    * May 17
      
    * June 18
      
    * July 16
      
    * August 16
      
    * September 15
      
    * October 20
      
    * November 18
      
    * December 15
      

 * 2017 168
    * January 17
      
    * February 12
      
    * March 19
      
    * April 14
      
    * May 19
      
    * June 13
      
    * July 14
      
    * August 8
      
    * September 13
      
    * October 14
      
    * November 13
      
    * December 12
      

 * 2018 132
    * January 18
      
    * February 15
      
    * March 16
      
    * April 11
      
    * May 11
      
    * June 8
      
    * July 13
      
    * August 6
      
    * September 7
      
    * October 11
      
    * November 9
      
    * December 7
      

 * 2019 126
    * January 11
      
    * February 9
      
    * March 15
      
    * April 13
      
    * May 16
      
    * June 8
      
    * July 6
      
    * August 4
      
    * September 9
      
    * October 13
      
    * November 10
      
    * December 12
      

 * 2020 105
    * January 11
      
    * February 8
      
    * March 12
      
    * April 16
      
    * May 7
      
    * June 11
      
    * July 9
      
    * August 6
      
    * September 4
      
    * October 7
      
    * November 7
      
    * December 7
      

 * 2021 36
    * January 8
      
    * February 5
      
    * March 3
      
    * April 4
      
    * May 1
      
    * June 1
      
    * July 2
      
    * August 3
      
    * September 3
      
    * October 3
      
    * November 2
      
    * December 1
      

 * 2022 6
    * January 2
      
    * May 3
      
    * June 1
      

 * 2023 3
    * January 1
      
    * August 1
      
    * October 1
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"Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work
of many generations, produced by enthusiastic effort and infinite labor in every
country of the world. All this is put into your hands as your inheritance in
order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand
it to your children. Thus do we mortals achieve immortality in the permanent
things which we create in common." - Albert Einstein

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Angel C. de Dios, Ph.D., is currently an associate professor of chemistry at
Georgetown University. At Georgetown, he has been teaching General Chemistry
since 1995 in addition to graduate courses in molecular spectroscopy and quantum
chemistry. His research interests include nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy, protein structure determination, anti-malarial drugs, and math and
science education. He was a recipient of a CAREER Award from the National
Science Foundation and the Georgetown College Dean’s Award for Excellence in
Teaching. A member of PAASE (Philippine American Academy of Science and
Engineering), he helped the residents of Paete, Laguna incorporate computers and
the Internet into their public schools.


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