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Comment on K to 12 program goal: Jobs for high school graduates by admin

admin — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:58:30 +0000

“Now they have a chance… They will not be a burden.” If you don’t see a whole class of high school grads willing to settle for lower pay and likely to outcompete the hordes of college graduates who are having trouble looking for jobs themselves. The job of providing jobs to these high school graduates — you think that’s not a burden? Are they going to overload OFW with high school graduates with minimal skills, some destined to be abused or underpaid? You have a dog chasing its own tail…

Comment on An Ilocano Orthography for MTB-MLE by admin

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:08:39 +0000

I refer you to Prof. Ched Estigoy Arzadon (you can find her in Facebook). She has plenty of experience organizing MTBMLE training — including orthography.

Comment on An Ilocano Orthography for MTB-MLE by ruby banez

ruby banez — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:10:43 +0000

kabsat,
naimbag nga aldawmo. agsursuratak iti maysa a research maipanggep iti mother tongue, ket kas output daytoy, kiddawen dagiti defense panel ti maysa a training program proposal. ania kadi ti nasayaat a pannakaibinsa dagiti topiko maipanggep iti ortograpiya, no may- lecture daytoy?

no maaprubaran daytoy a training program, mabalinka kadi nga imbitaran?

agyamanak.

Comment on Enhanced K to 12: A Few Misgivings by Diane Dekker

Diane Dekker — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:16:10 +0000

Most definitely!!!! That is a well accepted concept, though I don’t think it is done well, or much in many places.

Comment on Enhanced K to 12: A Few Misgivings by Joe Padre

Joe Padre — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:07:38 +0000

What about the concept of using L1 to “scaffold learning” when teaching English or Filipino to secure some level of understanding, especially by those who have exposure in only the L1 but limited or none in either English or Filipino? Item 7 of Enclosure 1 of DO 74 distinctly provides: “When the pupils are ready, Filipino and English shall be gradually used as MOI no earlier than grade three. However, L1 shall be effectively used to scaffold learning.”

For them to be effective, teachers who teach English and/or Filipino in Kindergarten and even up to Grade 3 should know L1 in the first place.

Comment on Enhanced K to 12: A Few Misgivings by Diane Dekker

Diane Dekker — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:06:51 +0000

I hear ya! But I think there is too much resistance to the idea of using the L1 to teach L2 and L3. Plus, no one really knows how to do it. I think someone needs to come up with a guideline and curriculum for how to do it. Until that happens there isn’t much hope of that significant a change. I tried during the first year of training, but since I couldn’t clearly define a protocol there was no acceptance. Let them first figure out how to teach the other subjects in the L1. That in itself will be a challenge, in addition to attaining L1 literacy. Once they develop that a bit then consideration of teaching English through the L1 is more feasible.

Comment on Enhanced Education Act & DepEd Usec. Vilma Labrador’s Passing by admin

admin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:07:26 +0000

I probably don’t deserve all these generous compliments from the CHED Deputy Executive Director, knowing full well that there are a whole lot of us who collaborated and still are collaborating in the effort to improve the kind of education our young get. I do express my eternal gratitude for the sentiments and for allowing me to participate in the process, albeit in my own humble way.

Comment on Enhanced Education Act & DepEd Usec. Vilma Labrador’s Passing by Napoleon B. Imperial, CHED Deputy Executive Director

Napoleon B. Imperial, CHED Deputy Executive Director — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:04:51 +0000

I deeply thank Manong Joe Padre who despite the gulf of time and space as long time resident of Anaheim, California, has steadfastly guided, supported and inspired us since the beginning of the movement for Promoting mother tongue in basic education in the country of his birth. From a distance he has followed it with great interest and encouragement and we can see it in this masterly latest chronicle of the MLE Law that the Philippines will soon have and the most comprehensive legal instrument in the developing countries. God bless your heart and the work of your hands Manong Joe. This will soothe the pains of the bereaved family friends and colleagues of the late USec. Ate Vi Vilma Logronio Labrador including myself.

Comment on DepEd Order No. 31, s. 2012: Policy Guidelines on the Implementation of Grades 1 to 10 of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) Effective School Year 2012-2013 by erick deximo

erick deximo — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:59:55 +0000

hello sir good day, i am a teacher in a private school here in cebu, we were informed that the social studies class should use filipino as a medium of instruction, we have been using english in our subject, when weve tried to do it this year, it was really difficult on our part, I would like to know sir, if the private schools will have the option to just use english as our medium of instruction in social studies. thank you sir/madam. God bless

Comment on DepEd USec Vilma Labrador dies by Aurelio Agcaoili

Aurelio Agcaoili — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:01:47 +0000

O God, we had our Talaytayan meeting last December, manong, and she was there when our ragtag band of clandestine resolution writers wrote that piece in support of the K-12 Senate version. Goodspeed! Firth McEachern was there, and so was Ched Arzadon, and Atty Lino Faelnar, Nap Imperial, and possibly three others. God’s way is God’s way, indeed! Naimbag a bigatmo, manong Joe.

Good soul, manong. Kind soul. And she never spoke a lot during that Braveheart battle we all had last December. She just watched, concerned about what she would tell Sen. Loren Legarda re our support. And so we had to worry even our comma and our diction just to hit it off with the Senatorial divinities. She was Sen. Loren’s consultant for education at that time.