A Perception-Based Curricular Review on the K to 12 HUMSS Strand Curriculum

Edwin B. Estrera Abstract This study examines the perception of Humanities and Social Science teachers among public Senior High Schools in the Department of Education’s Humanities and Social Sciences strand in the Philippines. It uses Erden’s element-based model of evaluation by considering the alignment to the goals of the Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines, the purpose, and core courses of the program, and the teaching-learning...

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A benchmark survey of plankton, fish and benthic composition in Poblacion and Kadurong Reefs in Liloan, Cebu, Philippines

Authors Brisneve Edullantes Department of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu Fleurdeliz MaglangitDepartment of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines CebuAngelito OrtizDepartment of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu   Joana Mie CasiboDepartment of Biology and Environmental Science,...

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On Transistor Radios and Authoritarianism: The Politics of Radio-Broadcasted Distance Learning

Regletto Aldrich D. Imbong ABSTRACT As the Philippines continues to grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, new modalities of instruction are being devised by the administration of Rodrigo Duterte, through the Department of Education (DepEd). Among these are what the DepEd provided as self-learning modules (SLMs) combined with “alternative learning delivery modalities” which include radio-based instruction (DepEd 2020). The SLMs and...

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Question on Mao Zedong Thought/Maoism

Author Regletto Aldrich D. Imbong College of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Cebu 1. RADI: In a recent publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines(CPP) entitled “Anniversary Statements (1992-2017),” I found out that itwas only during the 26th anniversary of the CPP in 1994 that the termMacism appeared (not in 1992 and 1993, as far as the said publicationis concerned). Previous statements, like the...

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Some Questions on Dialectical Materialism

Author Regletto Aldrich D. Imbong College of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Cebu Interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison (JMS) With reference to a previous article of Prof. Jose Maria Sison’s “ACommenton Dialectical Materialism, Idealism, and Mechanical Materialism” Link to the article:...

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