In the following post, Isagani Cruz continues from his previous post,”HEIs and K to 12“. K to 12 and GEC By Isagani Cruz MINI CRITIQUE, The Philippine Star, March 22, 2012 The second fear that Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have about the K to 12 reform involves teachers who teach subjects in the General Education …
Permanent link to this article: http://multilingualphilippines.com/?p=5952
Mr. Cruz’s column amplifies the dilemma of tertiary institutions, especially those in the private sector which rely heavily on tuition income to stay afloat. This issue was brought into focus by Dr. Jose Paolo E. Campos, president of Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) and chairman of the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) in a previous …
Permanent link to this article: http://multilingualphilippines.com/?p=5445
By Isagani Cruz MINI CRITIQUE, The Philippine Star, February 9, 2012 I give a lot of lectures on K to 12. At the beginning of each lecture, I give my cellphone number to the audience. They text me their questions while I am speaking, and I answer the questions in the course of my lecture. …
Permanent link to this article: http://multilingualphilippines.com/?p=5045
“What can schools do to prepare for K to 12?” Columnist Isagani Cruz writes. And then he proceeds on the rather inconsequential nomenclature options — read the reprinted copy of his column below. Rather than dwell on the superficial, what we need is an objective (let’s stay factual and use actual numbers on the books) …
Permanent link to this article: http://multilingualphilippines.com/?p=4615
Following is a reprint of Isagani Cruz’s MINI CRITIQUE column published July 28, 2011, in The Philippine Star, regarding former DepEd Secretary Mona Valisno’s forthcoming book, more specifically her take on K+12. Ms. Valisno brings up yet another wrinkle in the dialogue on the proposed K+12 basic educational cycle: instead of K+12, it will be …
Permanent link to this article: http://multilingualphilippines.com/?p=4122
In his MINI CRITIQUE column that appears in The Philippine Star, October 14, 2010, Isagani Cruz summarized the following pros and cons on the K+12 debate: The PROS (which is basically the side of the government, well-heeled and articulate leaders from the academe, the business community and the media): “Enhancing the quality of basic education …
Permanent link to this article: http://multilingualphilippines.com/?p=2764
Multilingual Education for All in Asia and the Pacific: Policies, Practices and Processes. 4th International Conference on Language and Education. Nov. 6-8, 2013, Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Correspondence related to the conference may be addressed to: Ms. Panyaphat Piam-o-pad, International Conference Secretariat Coordinator (mleconf2013@gmail.com) or Ms. Kyungah Kristy Bang, MLE Secretariat Coordinator (k.bang@unesco.org).
Visit the MTB-MLE Network for international perspectives on mother tongue-based multilingual education.
thelearningplace.ph