Congratulations to the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction Chapter!

May the good Lord give you the grace to continue your mission in the education of our youth for a better and progressive Philippines.

For God and Country,

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NATIONAL CONVENTION Message from the WCCI International Secretariat

January 12, 2015

Dear WCCI Philippines Chapter Members and Friends:

We greet each and every one of you in our homeland with a heartiest and warm congratulations for having reached another milestone, the 31st National Conference of your Chapter. We are always proud of your milestone because it reminds us of how many years the local chapter of our beloved Philippines has succeeded in coming into being as part of the international body of WCCI. Your Chapter has accomplished much and has historically recorded these achievements in the annals of WCCI history. WCCI Philippines can be especially proud of notable accomplishments: (1) producing the three women Presidents of WCCI; (2) undertaking two very successful world conferences in 1980-81 at DAP, Tagaytay City and in 2006 in Hotel; (3) contributed quite a number of leaders who have served in the International Board and Committees of WCCI and (4) last but not least you still maintain the largest number of members although it is dwindling and need nurturance to keep your top position. You can add more to these international achievements and say: WCCI Philippines is really blessed as an outstanding chapter. Please continue your top position in the history of our organization.

You continuously grow and contribute remarkable contributions to the local and internationalconferences and projects. We urge you to keep this trend of upward movement and progressive direction in being part of a world organization which is unique and special in your profession and group endeavor. It is not an ordinary link to the United Nations and to a number of affiliate organizations with similar missions and visions with that of WCCI and a global network of educators. Please remind yourselves always of the Preamble of the WCCI Constitution which will make you ever proud to be a member of our beloved organization.

Mabuhay ang WCCI at higit sa lahat ang WCCI Philippines Chapter.

Estela C. Matriano, EdD Carole I. Caparros, MEd WCCI Executive Director WCCI Executive Assistant Professor of Cross Cultural Studies Executive Assistant to the HSOE, Alliant International University Undergraduate Program San Diego, California, USA HSOE, Alliant International University San Diego, California, USA

WCCI - PHILIPPINE CHAPTER 1 NATIONAL CONVENTION Message from the WCCI International President

Our dear fellow educators:

On behalf of the International Executive Board, I wish to congratulate the WCCI Philippine Chapter for conducting the 31st National Conference with a very relevant theme: ASEAN Integration : Opportunities and Challenges for Peace and Global Education.

Welcome to the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction, a non-governmental organization affiliated with the United Nations under the Economic and Social Council. Every member of this organization is considered a resource person who is committed to establishing a person to person contact on varied Special Interest Groups (SIGs) through involvement in various aspects of curriculum and instruction via advocacies , discussions, conferences, researches, publications toward a humane, just, peaceful and harmonious global community. Specifically, each member is mandated to be a model peace lover, peacemaker and peace advocate in the local, national, regional and international levels.

I wish to thank our plenary speakers, guests, research presenters, participants and visitors who are with us in this conference. Together, we will all discuss varied concerns that affect each of us in the ASEAN Integration and how our advocacies in curriculum and instruction will be made functional to us teachers in the various levels, regions and the whole Philippines. Let us all be focused and determined to do our individual and communal share in the preparations and formation of our Filipino citizens into the One big ASEAN Community. Let us all get actively involved in various researches, advocacies, publications in our respective Special Interest Groups in the Philippines, and with other foreign educators on international issues, concerns, that we may find solutions to our myriad problems.

We conducted recently the 16th Biennial WCCI International Conference in San Diego, California, USA on August 17-24, 2014 with the theme: Integrating Education for the Culture of Lasting Peace and Love for Planet Earth. We had international exemplar-speakers; one hundred twenty research papers were presented and ten workshops were conducted. We are very proud of the eleven Filipino research presenters who made a great impact to the international conference. We are presenting some of them again here in this conference. We had twenty six Filipino delegates, several of them have been elected as SIG international coordinators.

Let us all be counted as educators-leaders-researchers beyond borders!

God bless each of us!

Teresita Paed- Pedrajas, Ed. D. WCCI International President 2013-2015 Visiting Professor, St. Dominic College of Asia, Bacoor City, Philippines

2 WCCI - PHILIPPINE CHAPTER NATIONAL CONVENTION Message from the WCCI International Board Member

Dear WCCI Friends and Colleagues:

I take distinct pleasure in welcoming you to the 31st WCCI National Convention. This is an opportune time for all participants to be part of a wonderful and meaningful interaction with educational leaders who are imbued with dedication and competence to make a better and more peaceful world. It is only by bringing together beautiful minds and beautiful hearts that we can harness the best of us in spirit and in wisdom.

I wish to congratulate the Executive Board, WCCI Philippine Chapter for organizing this event and echoing the 16th World Conference held in San Diego, California, USA in August 2014. I take pride in your effort as I sit in the Executive Board of WCCI International. I have never been so proud to be a Filipino, representing the voice of WCCI Phil Chapter. There were about 26 Filipino delegates in attendance then, ten (10) of whom were paper presenters in the concurrent sessions and they all did well. Kudos! That’s the spirit of the Filipino. Shine and bloom!

As we settle back on our shores and look at the issues that come our way, let us pick up the most important piece of conversation in Philippine education today – the ASEAN integration. Let us as much as we can about each other’s culture and make the most of these opportunities to bind the ASEAN community.

Masaganang pagbubuklod!

(SGD) Carol Danao, Ed.D. Member, Executive Board, WCCI International, CA, USA Member, Council of Presidents, WCCI, Phil Chapter Consultant, St. Dominic College of Asia, Bacoor City, Cavite, Philippines

WCCI - PHILIPPINE CHAPTER 3 NATIONAL CONVENTION Message from the former WCCI International President

UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI J.P. Rizal Extn., National Road, West Rembo, Makati City Tel. Nos. 883-1874 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Board of Directors and Members of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction for having organized the 31st National Convention held in Bayview Park Hotel, Manila. I would also like to commend the resource persons, participants, sponsors and donors of this Conference.

Indeed, the theme chosen entitled “ASEAN Integration: Opportunities for Peace and Global Education” is a very timely and relevant topic these days in the Philippine Educational System (PES). While all schools in the country across structures and levels are confronted with this issue, the Conference will pave the way for a better understanding on the role of WCCI in this gigantic task that lies ahead.

Let us take advantage of this opportunity and help spread the lessons/insights that we have learned from this Conference to other educators and other sectors of the society, all in the name of quality Philippine Education.

I wish you good luck! Mabuhay tayong lahat!

Dr. Dalisay G. Brawner Former International President, WCCI Former National President, WCCI Vice President for Academic Affairs

4 WCCI - PHILIPPINE CHAPTER NATIONAL CONVENTION Message from the WCCI National President

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

On behalf of the WCCI Philippine Chapter officers and Board Members, I would like to welcome you to the 31st National Convention with the theme: “ASEAN Integration: Opportunities for Peace and Global Education”. It is with much joy that I extend to each one of you my appreciation for coming tothis conference.

Once more we come together as the WCCI family in a yearly reunion and meeting concerning our educational and academic responsibility. It is my hope and prayer that you take advantage of this gathering to establish a person-to-person relationship and exchange curriculum and instructional ideas through program presentations and dialogue. This is what makes our association with each other meaningful. I encourage you to actively participate in the Special Interest Groups (SIG’s) which is the blood life of WCCI. You can be assured that you will grow and foster closer relationships with your colleagues both professionally and personally.

It is in this Spirit that we wish you a successful conference. We hope you return to your respective schools and learning communities rejuvenated in your quest to become more effective educators and cultivate global peace and justice.

God Bless us all!

EMERITA “Emmy” I. GARON President, WCCI Philippine Chapter

WCCI - PHILIPPINE CHAPTER 5 NATIONAL CONVENTION Message from the Program Chair WCCI 2015 National Convention

Welcome dear educators and stakeholders!

We have chosen to tackle two great happenings in our region to serve as our theme for this event: the ASEAN economic integration and the unending quest for world peace. I hope you will be taking a front seat in one of the greatest educational debates of our times: the mind vs. the heart. Ancient wisdom tells us that it has never been this way before. It had always been the heart and the mind as one up until the advent of the dualistic – Cartesian thought by the time of Rene Descarte, which gave the framework to western epistemology.

As your Program Chair in this event, I saw to it that we can give you a balanced menu of undertaking from feeding the mind to growing the heart by advancing the soft skills. Indeed, as teachers we are into building lives and collective consciousness, desiring peace and prosperity at the same time, hence, let us endeavor the marriage between precise inquiry and our poetic intuition.

The education sector is to me the most potent force that will drive the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) to its fruition because it can provide the programs for the development and training of the manpower that will make full ASEAN integration by 2020. Therefore, I pose these challenges: (1) How do we expect to participate and be integrated into the ASEAN market if we don’t fully equip our future human power (our students) and build their capacity to deliver? (2) How do we as professionals expect to be team players in the ASEAN market of ideas, of goods and services if we don’t upgrade our professional qualifications that would meet the standards set in the region?

Enjoy the holistic interactions!

(SGD) Remedios Nalundasan-Abijan, PhD. Program Chair, 2015 WCCI National Convention Vice President, WCCI Phil Chapter

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WCCI in a Nutshell

The World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI) has a long history of existence as a transnational educational organization. From its early beginnings in the United States in the 70’s, WCCI is now on its 43rd anniversary and has since then held sixteen (16) world conferences (two of which were held in the Philippines- Tagaytay, 1980; and Manila Hotel, 2006), the latest of which was in San Diego, California, USA, in August 2014. More importantly WCCI has evolved into a non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

As a world organization, WCCI is committed to the achievement of a just and peaceful world community through dialogues and exchange of ideas on educational and social issues of a global nature. These dialogues are well embedded in all the conferences through the Special Interest Groups (SIG) that has become a significant and unique identity of WCCI. Today there are ten SIGs namely: (1) Early Childhood Education; (2) Community Development; (3) Ethics and Values; (4) Environment & Sustainability; (5) Gender Education; (6) Global Education; (7) Human Rights; (8) Media & Technology; (9) Peace Education: and (10) Special Education. In these small group discussions, person-to-person contacts and professional relationships are facilitated so that learning from each other cross-culturally, and collaboration in projects would come by to enhance international understanding and cooperation. 1

Overview of the 2015 National Convention

We, the organizers of this year’s convention envision bringing to the fore of our conversations the opportunities we can derive from the ASEAN integration of 2015 and through 2020 beyond the economic milieu. On the side we also want to echo the 16th WCCI World Conference held in San Diego, CA, USA in August 2014. In short we want to marry the benefits of our regional economic integration to the wider advocacies of WCCI on peace and global education. On a more definitive level we seek to answer this question: What can this regional economic integration mean to a globalizing network of citizens mindful of rising from the perils of economic, ecological, socio-cultural issues of the day?

1 ( Reference for historical footnotes are from the 16th WCCI world conference souvenir program. /rna/)

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Goal

To inspire educators and stakeholders into dialogues and action to open or create opportunities vis a vis the ASEAN integration to promote opportunities for growing peace and global education.

Objectives

1. To explore opportunities for growth and development individually and collectively by approaching the ASEAN economic integration as a harbinger of peace and global education.

2. To identify approaches for curriculum and instruction in order to produce well- equipped graduates who can ably live and work well on the demands and expectations brought about by the ASEAN economic integration.

3. To advocate for a balanced teaching of the soft skills and technical skills so that education of the heart and soul can make us re-think the dignity of humanity on a platform of peace and justice and the integrity of all of creation having God as the great source of our Being in this universe.

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Programme

Day 1: February 5, 2015 Emcee: Stella Maria J. Galang

7:30 am Registration Ronald G. Santos WCCI Board member/Acting Treasurer & Registration Staff 8:30 Opening Ceremony

Invocation SPCP High School Chorale

Philippine National SPCP High School Chorale

Welcome Address Emerita “Emmy” I. Garon and Presentation of Delegates President, WCCI Philippines President, Golden Values Schools

Inspirational Message Estela C. Matriano, Ed.D. Executive Director, WCCI International Alliant University, San Diego California

Introduction of the Guest Speaker Carol Danao, Ed.D. Board Member, WCCI International

9:30 Keynote Address Hon. Rosalinda Valenton - Tirona Former Career Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotenciary of the Philippines to Asian & African Countries

10:15 Open Forum Perla Sunga Intia, Ph.D. Board Member, WCCI Philippines 10:30 Health Break

10:45 Panel Discussion: Opportunities in ASEAN Integration Federico M. Macaranas, Ph.D. Former Dean, Center for Development Management, AIM

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Conrado E. Inigo Jr., Ph.D.,DBE VPAA, Lyceum of the Phil University Vice Chairman, PACUCOA

11:30 Open Forum

12:00 Lunch Break and Viewing of Exhibits

1:30 Vocational Technology: Enhancing Labor Power for the ASEAN market Hon. Roman T. Romulo Congressman, Lone District of Pasig City

2:15 Open Forum

2:30-4:30 Workshop 1 and Health Break

• Procedural Orientation • Break Out sessions

Special Interest Group (SIG) SIG Over-all coordinator: Genevieve Kupang, Ph.D.

Special Interest Group Facilitator Early Childhood Education Vanessa Garon-Vandevoort Community Development Remedios Nalundasan- Abijan Ethics and Values Stella Maria Galang Environmental Concerns Ronald Santos Women in Education Gloria Resurrecion Global Education Sr. Flordeliza Deza, SPC Human Rights Gerardo Guiuan Media Technology Mercelita Jandayan-Labial Peace Education Genevieve Kupang Special Education Ma. Teresa Abadam Cultural Arts and Communication Perla Intia

4:30-5:00 Board meeting

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Day 2: February 6, 2015 Emcee: Mercelita Jandayan-Labial, Ph.D

7:30 Registration Registration Staff

8:00 Invocation Gloria Q. Resurreccion, Ed.D. WCCI Board Member

Synthesis of the first day Stella Maria J. Galang Secretary, WCCI Philippines

8:30 Transnational Education (TNE): Opportunities & Emerging models in the Philippines Fe Hidalgo, Ed.D former DepEd Sec

Dalisay Brawner, Ed.D. former WCCI International President

9:15 Open Forum

9:30 Health Break

10:00 Paper Presentation: Group 1 Session Chairperson: WCCI San Diego World Conference Presenters Remedios Nalundasan-Abijan, Ph.D. Vice President, WCCI Phil

1. Pre-Service Teachers’ Preparation on Digital Citizenship: Its Implications to 21st Century Teaching by Mercelita Jandayan-Labial

2. WCCI International Student Practice Teaching Partnership Program by Teresita P. Pedrajas and Marichelle Corpuz

3. Paulinian International Education: The Language of Excellence and Empathy in the Instruction and Learning of Foreign Students by Sr. Flordeliza Deza, SPC

4. High School Chemistry Experiments: The Green Chemistry & Filipino Approach by Ronald G. Santos

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11:00 Open Forum

11:30 Viewing of the Exhibits Photo Opportunities

12:00 Lunch

1:30 The Power Teacher: Allan B. de Guzman, Ph.D. Balanced Teaching of the Soft Skills President, Metrobank’s Network of Outstanding and Technical Skills Teachers and Educators (NOTED) Professor, University of Santo Tomas

2:00 Open Forum Gloria Ressurreccion, Ph.D. Board Member, WCCI Philippines

2:15 Paper Presentation: Group 2 Session Chairperson: Carmen Cabato, former WCCI President

1. Physical Education Program and Holistic Formation of Students of the St. Paul University System in the Philippines by Cynthia V. Salazar

2. Transformative Journey Toward Earth- Consciousness: Pedagogy for Green Lifestyle by Remedios Nalundasan-Abijan

3. The Grooming of the Paulinian Gentlemen (PG) by Gerardo L. Guiuan

3:15 Open Forum

3:15 Workshop 2 and Health Break • In break out sessions (SIG)

4:45- 5:00 Photo Opportunities

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Day 3: February 7, 2015 Emcee: Sr. Flordeliza Deza, SPC

7:30 Registration Registration Staff

8:00 Opening Prayer Conchita Merin, Ph.D. Auditor, WCCI Philippines

Synthesis of the second day Emilie Tangonan Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, PCU

8:15 The 16th WCCI World Conference in San Diego Ronald G. Santos WCCI Board Member

8:45 The Alice Miel Lecture : Presidential Address Teresita P. Pedrajas, Ed.D. WCCI International President

9:30 An Invitation: The Chile Connection- Ms. Carole I. Caparros WCCI World Conference 2016 Executive Assistant WCCI International Secretariat Alliant University, San Diego California

9:45 Health Break

10:15 Business meeting & Emerita Garon Election of Board Members Presiding President, WCCI Phil

11:30 Viewing of the Exhibits and lunch

1:30 SIG Presentations: output from workshops Genevieve Kupang, Ph.D. (Group Creative Expressions) SIG over-all Coordinator

3:00 Health Break

3:30 Announcement of Election Results Comelec Chair: Carmen Cabato

Induction of newly elected Board Members & new WCCI members International Secretariat

4:00 Closing Ceremony Final Reflection Perla Intia, Ph.D.; WCCI Board Member Distribution of Certificates

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Special Interest Groups (SIG) Participation

A Note to Conference Participants:

The Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings are an integral part of our conference. All conference participants are asked to participate actively in these meetings.

Please take note of the following guidelines for your participation in the Special Interest Groups.

1. All participants need to be assigned to a Special Interest Group. Those who pre-registered will find their names already listed on a SIG list. Those who register on-site will sign up at the Registration Desk and make three choices: 1st , 2nd , and 3rd preference for the purpose of equal distribution of participants in the 10 groups.

a. Participation is very important. This is your chance to voice out your wisdom, to share your practices and projects that relate with the conference sub-topics and have impact on your particular interest group.

b. You may identify your concerns and take a stand where necessary;

c. You may identify viable approaches to curriculum and instruction in order to effect positive behavioral change.

3. The final written report of your SIG recommendations may be in the form of commitment and involvement for individual or collective action and for local/global application. We must remember that positive change and commitment will start from YOU even in small steps only. While your group can come up with recommendations that may necessitate institutional re- structuring, policy re-alignment and funding, we will be more appreciative if your aspiration level can also be defined with its operational level.

4. At the end of these meetings your SIG recommendations will be reviewed and drafted as resolutions and commitments to be adopted as frameworks for change and to be labelled as Voices from the WCCI Chapter and to be echoed to the WCCI international for possible adoption as initiatives.

5. A critical part of the Interest Group process is the communication, collaboration and networking among members related to projects of common interest so take the chance to bond with your SIG members.

WCCI Philippines appreciates your full participation in this important activity.

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Instructions for Group Facilitators

1. It is the responsibility of each SIG Facilitator

• to chair and facilitate group discussions; • to encourage group members to discuss some of the conference sub-topics that may impact the particular interest group; identify their concerns and take a stand where necessary; • to have the group identify viable approaches to curriculum and instruction in order to effect positive behavioral change.

2. Select a recording secretary to maintain minutes of each meeting including a list of attendees - their contact information to be used for networking.

3. Summarize the recommendations and resolution on the given Special Interest Group Report Form. The seed ideas that your group may input in the SIG meetings may be the start of big ideas.

4. Facilitate the group presentation of the SIG report in the Business meeting on Day 3. The presentation can be a creative expression of the group to demonstrate the message of the recommendations discussed in the group sessions. All presentations are limited to 5 minutes only. (/010515/lpc)

WCCI - PHILIPPINE CHAPTER 15 NATIONAL CONVENTION The Speakers

Keynote

Hon. Rosalinda Valenton - Tirona is a career Filipino diplomat, a scholar, a writer, a lecturer, a civic leader, and a mother, all rolled into one.

As a career diplomat she had the following posts: (1) Philippine Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to: New Delhi, India; Nepal; Yangon, Myanmar; Bangkok, Thailand; Hanoi, Vietnam; Nairobi, Kenya with concurrent accreditation to Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania and Uganda and as Permanent Representative to UNEP, UN Habitat, Nairobi, 2000-2005; (2) Consul General to: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and to San Francisco, California, USA; and (3) Charge d’ Affaires, a.i., Canberra, Australia, (intermittently). At the Department of Foreign Affairs, she rose from the ranks as she held the following posts among others: Assistant Secretary, UNIO, DFA; Director General, OPAS, DFA; Executive Director, ASEAN National Secretariat of the Philippines.

In the field of education, she became University President: Pamantasan Lungsod ng Pasig-2008-2012 (University of Pasig City, Philippines); Professorial Lecturer: Lyceum of the Philippines University; University of Sto. Tomas Graduate School Foreign Service Institute; and Diplomatic Counselor of Colombo Plan Staff College. Among the awards she received are the following: IIFWP Ambassador of Peace for Life, 2004; UST Graduate School Ferozi Award in International Understanding, 2014; Eminent Person in International Relations, SDCA, 2014; Hall of Fame Award, Araullo High School, 2009.

For her education, she finished Advanced Studies in Diplomacy, Government and Politics (Georgetown University Washington, DC as Thomas Jefferson Scholar); German Institute of Public Administation (Berlin German as Foundation Scholar); Institute of Public Administration (Tehran, Iran); as Carnegie Endowment for Peace Scholar, AIT (Vietnam); Australian National University (Canberra); M.A. in International Relations; Chulalongkorn Royal State University of Thailand as SEATO Scholar 1962-1964; and AB major in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Manila 1960-1961.

16 WCCI - PHILIPPINE CHAPTER NATIONAL CONVENTION The Speakers

Panel

Federico M. Macaranas, PhD Core Faculty Expertise: Economics

Prof. Macaranas earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Cum Laude) from the University of the Philippines (1967) where he was conferred the Carlos P. Romulo Pin for Academic Excellence. He holds a Master of Science in Economics (1970) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (1975) from Purdue University under scholarship and fellowship grants from the Fulbright-Hays, Ford, Rockefeller, Krannert, and Asia Foundations. He conducted his post-doctoral research on the impact of authoritarian regimes on economic performance at Harvard University and is the first Filipino invited by Nobel laureates to a Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs (1969).

Prof. Macaranas has a career spanning the fields of academe, business, and government. In the private sector, he was president of Clemente Holdings (Asia) Ltd. and served as senior adviser on direct investments and mutual funds and economic adviser to the First Philippine Fund (New York). Under the Ramos administration, he became undersecretary for economic affairs and served as chairman of the 1996 Senior Officials Meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), taking charge of the overall assistance to the Ministerial Meetings and the Subic Summit. In 2001, President Arroyo conferred on him the Gawas Mabini, Dakilang Kamanong Award, the highest award given by the Philippine government for diplomatic service.

At the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), he was formerly the dean of the Center for Development Management, and currently a full professor at the Institute. He also headed the AIM Policy Center, the Institute’s think-tank, as its executive director. A true leader, he was chairman of the Center for Servant Leadership, Philippine Chapter of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership.

WCCI - PHILIPPINE CHAPTER 17 NATIONAL CONVENTION The Speakers

DR. CONRADO E. IÑIGO, Jr.

Dr. Conrado E. Iñigo, Jr. is a graduate of the Management Development Program from Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Executive Strategy Program from Georgetown University, Washington DC and Minnesota Management Academy, University of Minnesota.

He is a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow at the National University of Singapore and has attended international special trainings in Marketing and Management as a scholar of the ASEAN-Ministry of Education of Malaysia, University Thai Chamber of Commerce and Computer Development Forum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was accredited Diplomate in Business Education by the Philippine Academy of Professionals in Business Education. Likewise, he was selected to represent the Philippines in several Asian Productivity Organization (APO) total quality management programs and the Malcolm Baldrige framework study mission in USA.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila as a scholar. He has taken his MBA from Ateneo de Manila University and Philippine Christian University and has obtained his Doctor of Philosophy major in Business Management.

He is one of the active and recognized leaders of the educational, professional, and civic organizations, being the Founding President of the Philippine Council of Deans and Educators in Business, Charter Officer of the Council of Management Educators in the Philippines, member of Management Association of the Philippines, Makati Business Club, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Founding Chairman of the CHED-Business Education-Industry Summit.

As Vice-Chairman of Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation, Dr. Inigo has served as Chairman of the accrediting team of several schools. He has been appointed as Chairman of CHED Technical Committee for Business Administration, Entrepreneurship and Office Administration, Vice Chairman of CHED Technical Panel in Business and Management Education and Chair of DepEd Senior High School Curriculum Task Force for Accountancy, Business and Management academic track.

At present he is the Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Quality Management Representative of Lyceum of the Philippines University Manila and Cavite campuses.

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Plenary

Congressman Roman T. Romulo is the Representative of the Lone District of Pasig City. He is a lawyer by profession.

For the 16th Congress, Romulo was privileged to be designated as the Chairperson of the Committee on Higher and Technical Education of the House of Representatives. The committee has jurisdiction over matters directly and principally relating to post-secondary and tertiary education, technical education, distance education, students’ and teachers’ welfare.

His commitment to create reforms resulted in the passage into law of three of his authored bills.

First is the “Iskolar ng Bayan Act” (Republic Act No. 10648), which seeks to provide scholarship grants to top graduates of all public high schools enrolling in first year in our various State Colleges and Universities

The second is the “Open Learning and Distance Education Act”. Notwithstanding the fact that the Philippines has 2,299 higher education institutions (HEIs), Romulo seeks the need to expand and further democratize access to higher education by taking advantage of the different means available under distance education and learning as the same provides an appropriate, efficient and effective system of delivering quality higher and technical education services in the country. Hence, Romulo’s Republic Act 10650, entitled,“Act Expanding Access to Educational Services by Institutionalizing Open Distance Learning in Higher Education and Appropriating Funds Therefor”. This measure provides the opportunity to obtain masters and doctoral degrees even at home or in their respective work places. They will be able to do this without taking a leave of absence from work and take their courses online through computers. Thus this law paves the way for more and easier access to education for all.

Finally, the third law Romulo authored is the “Ladderized Education Act”. His intention is to encourage graduates of technical vocational programs to eventually get theircollege diplomas for more employment opportunities. Thus his Republic Act No. 10647 which is “An Act Strengthening the Ladderized Interface between Technical-Vocational Education and Training and Higher Education”. The law seeks to institutionalize the ladderized interface between technical-vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education to open the pathways of opportunities for career and educational progression of students and workers, create a seamless and borderless system of education, empower students and workers to exercise options or to choose when to enter and exit in the educational ladder, and provide job platforms at every exit as well as the opportunity to earn income.

WCCI - PHILIPPINE CHAPTER 19 NATIONAL CONVENTION The Speakers

Prof./Dr. Allan B. de Guzman

Prof./Dr. Allan B. de Guzman handles pedagogy, management, and research courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels in the University of Santo Tomas. As a prolific writer in educational policy studies, adult learning, and teacher education, he has extensively published a total of 124 articles in various ISI-listed journals and, at the same time, serves as editor, board member, and reviewer in international journals. He has received various prestigious awards such as the 2007 SEAMEO-JASPER Research Award given by the Government of Canada and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), the 2006 National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)-Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Achievement Award, 2014 Australian Awards Fellowship, and the 2011 Metrobank Foundation Search Most Outstanding Teacher Award in Higher Education, among others.

In an article published in the Journal of Scientometrics (91:2012: pp 277-294, Springer, The Netherlands), Dr. de Guzman has been identified as the most productive and one of the most cited researchers in the fields of education and psychology in the Philippines. As a researcher, he pioneered in2001the introduction of the Thesis-by-Article style in the country—an innovation that has contributed much in the UST ranking in the QS Top 200 Universities in Asia. At present, he is a research fellow of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Regional Centre for Innovation Technology (SEAMEO-INNOTECH) and serves as National President of the Metrobank Foundation Network of Outstanding Teachers and Educators (MBI- NOTED) and as Vice-President of the Comparative Education Society of the Philippines (CESP).

20 WCCI - PHILIPPINE CHAPTER NATIONAL CONVENTION The Paper presenters Pre-Service Teachers’ Preparation on Digital Citizenship: Its Implications to 21st Century Teaching (Presented at the 16th World Conference on Education in San Diego, CA USA on August 17-24, 2014)

Dr. Mercelita Jandayan-Labial is a recipient of international and national awards among which are Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship in the US, International Leaders in Education Program in the US, and Outstanding Teacher of the Philippines awards. Her primary research focus is on integration of current and emerging technology tools and applications into high school and university instructions to enhance teaching. Her doctoral dissertation is titled, The Efficiency in Webquest: Its Implications to Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. Dr. Labial is a prolific international and national speaker and presenter in public and the corporate worlds. At present, she is the proprietor of MJLABIAL Speech Training, Consulting , and Review Center in Cagayan de Oro City.

Abstract:

Globalization and the fast-paced technological advancement that characterize the 21st century have brought greater shifts and changes to the education landscape which engendered the teaching of digital citizenship in the different schools in the globe. These changes drive an impetus for teacher education institutions to teach digital citizenship and prepare pre-service teachers for their task of protecting and empowering learners of the 21st century in a structured manner. This paper defines digital citizenship, explores the nine themes of digital citizenship, shows glimpses of how digital citizenship is taught in schools around the world, and presents how teacher education institutions can incorporate digital citizenship to pre-service teachers for the 21st century teaching.

Keywords: Globalization, technology, digital citizenship, pre-service teachers, and teacher education preparation.

WCCI International Student Practice Teaching Partnership Program between St. Dominic College of Asia, Philippines and Maepra Fatima School, Bangkok, Thailand in the Formation of Future Global Educators

Lead Presenter: Teresita P. Pedrajas, Ed.D.

With: Sr. Josephine A. Taban-ud, OP Maepra Fatima School; and Fr. Alexis Surachai Kitsawat, Maepra Fatima School Licensee Manager

Dr. Teresita Paed- Pedrajas is a multi-awarded educator, an author, a researcher, a lecturer, and a dynamic leader. She holds a doctorate degree – Ed.D in Guidance and Psychology; MA in Administration and Supervision; and a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education (BSEEd).

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Forty three (43) years in San Beda College, Mendiola, Manila allowed her to hold posts from Grade School Dept and College of Arts & Sciences Dept.; and as PAASCU Accreditor. She also held the post of Dean of the College of Education at the Global City Innovative College, Taguig for 3 years; and Dean of the School of Arts, Sciences and Education, St. Dominic College of Asia, for 2 1/2 years; and has been a lecturer in Graduate School; and at the Technological Institute of the Philippines. Currently she is a visiting Professor of St. Dominic College of Asia.

She has published the following books: Values Education 1987, One Nation , One World Series, Phoenix Publication 2005, 2014; Personality Development, Atb Publication 2019, 2014, Liwayway Publication, International Research New York, USA,1998; WCCI Journal, (International co-Editor), Cincinnati, Ohio, 2004

She has received the following awards: San Beda College Alumni Association-Eduardo Gotianum Professorial Award,1998; Metrobank Foundation’s Outstanding Teacher of the Philippine,1999; WCCI International Takemura Leadership Award, Australia, 2004; PNU Alumni Association-Outstanding Award, 2003; Metrobank Award for Continuing Excellence(ACES), 2009; San Beda College Alumni Achievement Award, 2009; and the Australia Scholarship Grant, Curriculum Leadership for Advancement to Dynamic Education, Brisbane, Australia May3-31, 2014

She is currently International President, WCCI (2014-2015); Council of Presidents: WCCI Philippines 2002 to present; Council of Presidents: Metrobank Network of Outstanding Teachers and Educators (NOTED) (2006 to present); Member, National Teachers’ Month Coordinating Council (2009 to present; and a member of Pi Lambda Theta

Sr. Josephine A. Taban-ud, OP is the WCCI International Student Teaching Partnership Program Coordinator. She. is a bonafide member of the Religious Missionary of St. Dominic since 1991. She has been teaching English and Religion for 25 years from kindergarten, elementary to high school students in Philippines, Guam, Taiwan and Thailand. She worked in school administration for 10 years as Curriculum Coordinator, Religion Coordinator, Vice-Principal, School Principal and Directress.

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The WCCI International Student Teachers Practice Partnership Program between St. Dominic College of Asia, University of Perpetual Help System of Laguna Campus, Philippines and Maepra Fatima School of Bangkok, Thailand on November 20-December 20, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. Four Filipino student teachers were exposed to experience the varied tasks and roles of Thai teachers teaching English subjects to Kinder, Grades 4-6, methods and approaches in teaching-learning experiences with Thai students in the classrooms, school administrators and parents in the campus and the Thai communities. These students likewise have been immersed to the different facets of the colorful Thai culture. The challenging and well-conceptualized holistic program implemented made both groups of mentors and student teachers strive to be future global educators. Hopefully, this educational innovation will be improved to address language problem and to advance more collaboration among countries.

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Paulinian International Education: The Language of Excellence and Empathy in the Instruction and Learning of Foreign Students

Sr. Flordeliza Deza is a Sister of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC - an international Congregation of Sisters dedicated to Education, Health and Pastoral ministries). She has a Doctorate in Education, with high distinction from the , Manila, a Masters degree in Theological Studies, summa cum laude, from Regina Mundi, aggregate of the Gregorian University, Rome, an AB-BSE degree Major in English and Mathematics, magna cum laude, from St. Paul University Philippines, post graduate studies in Management of Higher Education at the Galilee International Management Institute, Israel, on a UNESCO scholarship.

She is currently Director of the International Relations Office & Language Development Center of St. Paul University Manila; a professor in the graduate school, a visiting professor at St. Paul University Dumaguete, team member of the CEAP-ICE (Catholic Educational Assn. of the Philippines – Institute for Continuing Education) and is a regular lecturer at the CCSL (Course for Catholic School Leaders).

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St. Paul University Manila sought to assess the extent to which international students perceive excellence and empathy in their unique Paulinian international education. By conducting a survey and interviewing conveniently sampled informants that comprised 60 percent of the international students during the data construction period, the study revealed that while SPU Manila is relatively a newcomer in providing education to international students, its attempt to provide experiences of excellence and empathy is recognized by its foreign students. Half of the total items in both excellence and empathy surveys were strongly agreed by the informants. The rest, except for one item, were nevertheless considered agreeable. Over all the university seems to be on the right direction as it responds to very specific individual needs showing empathy for every student seeking academic excellence.

High School Chemistry Experiments: The Green Chemistry & Filipino Approach

Mr. Ronald G. Santos is connected with St. Paul College Pasig (SPCP) since 1999. He has been teaching various science subjects in high school including Chemistry, General Science, and SPCP’s science enrichment course SSS (Science, Society & Sustainability). Aside from being a science teacher, he has served SPCP as Subject Team Leader in Science and Assistant Principal for Academics of the High School Department. At present, he is serving as the Head of SPCP’s Curriculum Development Board which ensures the implementation of an enriched curriculum with academic policies and practices aligned with National (DepEd) and international standards.

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He graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a BS in Management of Applied Chemistry (1999) and Master of Chemistry (2006). He is at final stage of writing his dissertation for a PhD in Science Education at De La Salle University. His research interests are on the fields of chemistry education, green chemistry, and educational leadership.

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This paper presentation emphasizes the possibility of tailor-made experiments which integrate principles of green chemistry – the growing and evolving philosophy of responsible stewardship in the context of doing chemistry. Integrating green chemistry concepts in the design of high school chemistry experiments makes students aware of the responsibility that goes with the use and production of chemicals.

Moreover, experiments may be designed to integrate aspects of Filipino culture, values, and traditions. Such enculturation of chemistry by giving it a Filipino flavor makes the students own the science and not view it as something that is highly foreign. When students can relate to the chemical concepts illuminated in their culture they become more appreciative and receptive of the science giving them meaningful and lasting learning.

Key Words: High school green chemistry experiments, green chemistry, environment stewardship

Physical Education Program and Holistic Formation of Students of the St. Paul University System in the Philippines.

Cynthia V. Salazar born in Manila on October 10, 1966, She holds an Ed.D. major in Educational Management and Planning, from Manuel L. Quezon University, Manila and has been teaching for almost 28 years now.

She finished a Bachelor Degree in Education major in Physical Education year 1987 at Philippine Normal University. She finished M.A. in Physical Education with specialization in Sports Stream; and M.A. in Special Education with specialization in teaching children with intellectual disability both at Philippine Normal University, Manila.

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The St. Paul University System is administered by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres committed to forming persons into becoming integrated and compassionate. Formation looks at the development of persons and is congruent with holism. Physical education (PE) delves into the person’s well-being. This study aimed to assess PE and how it contributes to the holistic formation of students as perceived by faculty and students. Findings showed that education is a preparation for life’s holistic formation with the offering of a well implemented Physical Education. Physical - socio-cultural development were reinforced with PE, enhancing the holistic formation of students.

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Transformative Journey Toward Earth-Consciousness: Pedagogy for Green Lifestyle

Remedios Nalundasan-Abijan is President and CEO of her own private school Academia Learning Center, which she founded more than three decades ago, offering preschool, primary and secondary courses. She brings this experience into her other role as teacher trainor and facilitator in seminars on: environment education, ‘multiple intelligences’, parenting, and other education topics. She has traveled to observe classrooms in African, Asian and Australian schools while studying cross-cultural education.

She holds a Ph.D. in Cosmic Anthropology, Asian Social Institute; is a candidate for Ed.D at the California Coast University, CA.USA; and has earned the academic program for PhD in Southeast Asian Studies, CEU. She holds a certificate for training in Multiple Intelligences from the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, USA. She teaches Curriculum and Instruction, Comparative Education, and other foundational courses at the Graduate School of Education, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Manila, Philippines. She is a recipient of the International Poetry Merit Award (WA. DC, USA) and was inducted as lifetime member of the International Society of Poets (ISP), and had her poetry anthologized in the National Library of Poetry, MD., USA.

She has been a member of WCCI since 2002 and has been presenting papers in the last five world conferences on education. Abstract:

This is a phenomenological study of our twenty-year journey toward earth-consciousness through our school’s pedagogy for green lifestyle. I reflectively analyzed our transformation as students and teachers. I bring forth our dreams for the earth as we face the battle between technology and ecology.

Some of my insights: (1) The journey to earth consciousness is a lifelong endeavor that starts from a personal consciousness to a collective consciousness; (2) The earth is full of blessings. Recovering a sense of deep spirituality towards the natural world can be our path to earth consciousness; (3) Our realm of reality is not limited to the biosphere or our physical ecology. We need to transcend by reaching the consciousness – beyond the brain, beyond the mind. In the parlance of cosmic anthropology – that “beyond” is the spiritual dimension; and (4) Let us make simple educational reforms to bring the convergence of science and spirituality in our education- small steps towards an education for earth consciousness.

In closing, I offer a pedagogy for a green culture that is based on my personal perspective of education: awakening; wholeness; and is engagement. Key words: deep ecology, green lifestyle, pedagogy, phenomenology, earth-consciousness

The Grooming of the Paulinian Gentlemen (PG)

Dr. Gerardo L. Guiuan is currently the Chair of the Master of Arts in Religious Education of St. Paul University Manila Graduate School and the Area Coordinator for Philosophy in the Undergraduate Program. He is a faculty under the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education and the Graduate School. He is happily married to Girlie Guiuan, and has three children: Raphaelo, Uriela, and Barachiela. At present, he is a WCCI Philippine Chapter Board Member from January 2014 to December 2016, an Associate Member of the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), and a Member of the Philippine Association for Graduate Education (PAGE).

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This Academic Year marks the 10th anniversary of the St. Paul University System (SPUS). The entry of foreign students and factors like the ASEAN 2015 provide that SPU Manila cater to the needs of the male student population as contributors of Paulinian education. The President’s Council’s approval on the establishment of an all-male student group (AY 2013-2014)--“Paulinian Gentlemen”(PG) brings tremendous challenges. This action research will probe on the directions and activities that the PG will pursue utilizing both quantitative and qualitative elements of research.

Keywords: ASEAN integration, Paulinian education

Development and Validation of Teaching Effectiveness Inventory for Filipino Nurse Clinical Instructor (TEIFilNCI)

Joan Prudenciano- Lugti finished Doctor of Education at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM); Master of Arts in Nursing at the ; and Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the Sta. Rita College of Nursing. She has served as a Clinical Instructor; a head nurse; a training officer/ supervisor up until she became a professor in the Graduate School of Health & Sciences at PLM. She was also the Academic & RLE Coordinator at the Global City Innovative College from 2009- 2014. She is a member of the Association of Nursing Services Administration of the Philippines; a lifetime member of the Philippine Nurses Association, Inc., and has served as Vice President of Finance, NCR Zone 6 in 2013-2014. She is concurrently WCCI board member and Treasurer. Abstract:

This study aimed to develop and validate the Teaching Effectiveness Inventory for Filipino Nurse Clinical instructors (TEIFilNCI). Partially mixed sequential dominant status design was utilized, whereby the qualitative phase preceded the quantitative phase. Focus group discussion was done for the initial draft of the indicators. Purposive sampling was employed to the 569 participants from selected nursing schools in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Exploratory factor analysis using maximum likelihood estimation, examination of scree plots, and direct oblimin rotation method was done for the extraction of the factors. A six-factor solution model with thirty six (36) indicators was extracted from the analysis yielding high relevance with 61.44% total variance. These were investigated using confirmatory factor analysis through AMOS 7.0. To test its veracity, multiple fit indices and Cronbach alpha coefficient employed resulted to good fit.

The output of the study is the TEIFilNCI which consists of (6) major competencies with (36) indicators. These competencies are: foster personal and professional exemplar with 11 indicators; exhibit mastery of core knowledge and skills with 5 indicators; display firm kindness behavior with 6 indicators; advocate transformational mentoring with 4 indicators; create positive clinical milieu with 7 indicators; and inculcate caring Filipino value with 3 indicators. All these identified competencies should be infused and/ or strengthened in the existing instructional practice

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OFFICERS OF THE BOARD 2014

EMERITA I. GARON Prof. REMEDIOS NALUNDASAN-ABIJAN President Vice-President

STELLA MARIA J. GALANG Prof. JOAN LUGTI Dr. CONCHITA MERIN Secretary Treasurer Auditor

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD (with term of office)

DR. VIRGILIO MANZANO DR. RUBEN ABUCAYON DR. PERLA INTIA DR. GLORIA RESURRECCION 2012-2015 2012-2015 2012-2015 2013-2016

MR. RONALD SANTOS SR.TERESITA AGANA, SPS Dr. GERARDO GUIUAN 2013-2016 2014-2017 2014-2017

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COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS

Dr. VIRGILIO MANZANO Fr. ORLANDO ACERON, OP Dr. DALISAY BRAWNER

Dr. CARMEN CABATO Dr. FLORINA CASTILLO Dr. CAROLINA DANAO

Dr. FE HIDALGO Dr. TERESITA PEDRAJAS

Dr. ALLELI SEVILLA Dr. NINA YUSON

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A View from the Inside The ASEAN Integration and WCCI: Peso at Puso Remedios Nalundasan-Abijan, PhD

In a recent forum where I spoke on my perspective of a new ecology of teaching, I was asked by an official of a higher educational institution (HEI) on what is my take on the road to the preparation for ASEAN 2015 vis a vis my advocacy of education for the heart and soul. Are we not going against the current knowing that ASEAN 2015 is basically economic in flesh? I was informed that in preparation for the ASEAN economic integration our schools are hard pressed to produce graduates highly equipped with appropriate skills to deliver to the economic open market in the region. It struck me at the core of my being. I don’t remember now how I treaded the walk to my response. I could only remember my feeling then, as if striding slow-mo on a narrow road with thick walls on both sides, shouting ‘let me breathe . . .’

Today I have come to reflect on that question more deeply. Where is the place of education for the heart at a time when we need to focus on improving the competency and marketability of our graduates for the open market in the region? Where do we see the convergence of the economic capital and social capital as an investment in education?

What is the ASEAN?

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a geopolitical and economic organization of 10 member countries in Southeast Asia, namely: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. A precursor to ASEAN was the Association of Southeast Asia (ASA) which was formed by the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand in 1961. Then in 1967 the ASA member countries together with Singapore and Indonesia formed a bloc to contend the growing dominance of western pressure. Thus the ASEAN was formally established in 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration by the heads of government of the five countries namely: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. They are often referred to as the founding fathers of ASEAN. The association grew in number as Brunei Darussalam joined in 1984, Vietnam in 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar in 1997, and Cambodia in1999. The ASEAN motto is “One vision, one identity, one community”.

The ASEAN principles and goals as embodied in the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) are the following:

1) Mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, and national identity of all nations.

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2) The right of every State to lead its national existence free from external interference, subversion or coercion. 3) Non-interference in the internal affairs of one another. 4) Settlement of differences or disputes by peaceful manner. 5) Renunciation of the threat or use of force. 6) Effective cooperation among themselves.

In a more definitive pursuit the ASEAN member countries agreed on three pillars, or, “communities”, namely: (1) Security community – to resolve conflicts through peaceful diplomacy; (2) Economic community - to create a free integrated market in the region; and (3) Socio-cultural community- to combat disparity of wealth and job loss.

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)

In 2003 the Bali Accord II (agreed upon in Indonesia) declared AEC to be the goal of regional economic integration by 2020. In 2006 at the Economic Ministers meeting in Malaysia an agreement was signed to develop a blueprint for advancing the AEC. Then by 2007 the Cebu Declaration (in the Philippines) was signed to accelerate the establishment of AEC by 2015. And the ASEAN 2015 blueprint was defined thus:

The economic integration of the ten ASEAN member nations into one economic community popularly known as ASEAN 2015 aims to make the region (1) a single market base and production base; (2) a highly competitive economic region; (3) with equitable economic development; and (4) fully integrated into the global economy. Moreover, the AEC envisages the free movement of goods, services, investment, skilled labor and flow of capital in the region. (Source: TESDA labor market intelligence report).

What is WCCI?

The World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI) traces its roots way back 1970 in the USA when its precursor – the ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) made efforts to establish a regular world conference for tackling international cooperation in education. With Alice Miel as the link to its parent organization (ASCD), the WCCI’s constitution was drafted. Fired by Alice Miel’s vision to achieve world peace through multidimensional and diversified approaches to curriculum and instruction and through exchange of best practices across countries and cultures, the WCCI has transitioned to become a transnational educational organization with national chapters in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. WCCI motto is: “Unity in Diversity”. To date WCCI has become a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) of the United Nations.

The WCCI holds its regular world conference every two years, while the national or local chapters are encouraged to hold annual conventions in their respective countries. These conferences carry global themes on issues and concerns where education plays a central role for understanding and cooperation. Here is a peep at the themes of the last five world conferences “Building a Culture of Peace for a Civil Society” (2006, Manila, Philippines); “Creating a Global Culture of Peace: Strategies for Curriculum Development

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These conferences are avenues where participants from diverse cultures and socio- economic situations come to exchange and/or share ideas on how education can best usher the achievement of global peace, justice for humanity and the Earth and the integrity of creation. Foo and Starlin (2006), editors inthe Proceedings of the 12th WCCI World Conference on Education commented that through out the volume scholars and authors of WCCI “emphasize the importance of balancing academic content with social and spiritual content in our educational endeavors.” This holistic approach of educating the mind, the heart and the soul to meet the challenges of the times has become the characteristic advocacy of WCCI.

Finding a balance

When I was asked to be part of a team to conceptualize the 2015 WCCI National Convention program with a theme anchored on one of the hottest pieces of conversation in the country today, I thought that I have arrived at a converging zone. The ASEAN economic integration is a catalyst, similar to the advent of globalization today. It is unstoppable. It precipitates changes and action. It necessitates a proactive response from the countries involved, not only in the economic aspect but also in the socio-political areas. WCCI for its part acts as the proactive response in education in the midst of this economic integration of ten (10) countries. WCCI’s advocacy for world peace and international understanding sits well in the ASEAN integration. We only have to find our opportunities in the ASEAN integration.

Peso at Puso (Money and Heart). I have reflected deeply that peace grows in the heart where justice prevails, where rights are respected and the dignity of the human person is recognized. But the economics of scarcity where resources are unevenly distributed has so long prevailed that the consciousness for aggressive competition has caused tension and conflict due to greed for the scarce resources of the earth. How can justice prevail? Today schools are basically driven by economic motives, like competition that raises people’s expectation, making them want more, and make more money. Can we change the ball game to restore education of the heart and soul through the WCCI advocacy, so that we may be able to identify the opportunities for world peace and global education?

Let us find the ball changer in ourselves - the educator who will foster the economics of abundance. The Earth is full of blessings and there is enough for everybody if people will take only what they need. We need an education for wholeness and connectedness that teaches the values of cooperation and partnership, imagination and creativity; and meaningful processes to enrich the soul. By balancing education for economic imperative and education for wholeness, we may transcend the challenges of our times. As a teacher I have always been an advocate of integrating ‘the precision of our scientific mind and the artistry of our spirit’ in the delivery of our curriculum.

------The author holds a PhD in Cosmic Anthropology, Asian Social Institute; is a candidate for EdD, California Coast University, USA; and has earned the academic program for PhD in Southeast Asian Studies, CEU. She writes on curriculum and instruction as it embraces the global development issues of our times. She lectures in the graduate school of education and concurrently operates her private school for over three decades now.

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ORGANIZING and WORKING COMMITTEES

Over-all Project Director Accommodation (Hotel & Food) Emerita I. Garon

Program Chair Remedios Nalundasan-Abijan

Registration & Conference Kits/Finance Ronald Santos

Exhibits Over-all Coordinator, Officer of the Day Sr. Teresita Agana

Certificates & tokens Stella Maria J. Galang

Logistics/Physical facilities Gerardo Guiuan

Election Carmen Cabato

Guests’ Reception Teresita Pedrajas & Perla Intia

Evaluation Gloria Resurreccion & Stella Maria J. Galang

Documentation Genevieve Kupang

Souvenir Program Publication: Editor/Writer Remedios Nalundasan-Abijan Concept & lay-out Stella Maria J. Galang

Consultant & Advisers Teresita Pedrajas & Carol Danao

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