The competitiveness of the workforce and the country's productivity in the future depend mainly on the quality of education. The strategic mindset of education leaders and planners, policymakers, administrators, researchers, teachers, students, and engagement of external stakeholders are some of the critical foundations of effective human capital development. Future-proof professionals are products of the quality of minds of the crafters and implementors of the graduate education curriculum. Therefore, education planners must be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills of curriculum planning. The University of Southeastern Philippines, College of Development Management (USeP-CDM), explores the opportunity to create a global community of professionals by developing an Outcomes-based Graduate Education (OBGE). Thus, this study aimed to determine the collective knowledge and skills of planning and executing curriculum design of graduate education of the college. This study employed a qualitative method of research using action research. Action research is an appropriate design of the study because it is anchored on the principles of participation, empowerment and critical reflection in curriculum planning. Data were collected from the in-house faculty workshops and meetings, external stakeholders' consultations, and research conferences. Action learning and reflective practice were used to validate the predetermined themes of the collective knowledge and skills in the planning and executing curriculum design and development. The study revealed seven collective knowledge and skills demonstrated in planning and implementing the curriculum design and development. These knowledge and skills include Innovation, Design Thinking, Futures Literacy, Collaborative Foresight, Systems Thinking, Creative Thinking, and Reflective Practice. Finally, the study's findings showed that a newer sensibility of planning and execution of future-proof graduate education curriculum emanates from cultivating the knowledge creation process of the education planners, faculty, students, and administrators.
The study investigated the extent of relationship of the agriculture industry concentration and growth of Philippine agriculture. Specifically, it determined the key agriculture sub-sectors in each region in the Philippines and investigated the regional industry concentration and economic performance nexus. The objectives were achieved using secondary data for the 16 regions in the Philippines. Location Quotient (LQ) and correlation analysis were used as tools to make sense of the data. Results show a number of key industries in each region which from the assumptions of the LQ formed the economic base of the region. The findings show non-significant correlation between regional industry concentration and the GVA for agriculture. This suggested for further investigation of the concentration or diversity relationship to economic performance.
This study aims to investigate the efficiency and resiliency of the informal economy of trading industry of non convention size ships (NCSS) in Tawi Tawi Province. A Social Benefit Cost Analysis was undertaken to quantify the benefits and costs associated with the transactions of the market players of the industry which include vessel owners, traders, Bureau of Customs, Maritime, LGUs, Consumers and shadow authorities governing the informal trading of goods in the province in particular; and estimate the shadow economic contribution to ARMM economy in general. Findings revealed that NCSS informal trading are equally beneficial in terms of private and social profitability of industry players and consumers. This explains the shape of resiliency in the industry structure, conduct and performance of the NCSS informaltrading. The study further demonstrated that the shadow economic activity of NCSS industry is socially and economically beneficial in maintaining the balance of peace and resiliency of the population in the area; and the shadow industry contributed informally in the aggregate economic performance of the province.
The study was conducted to evaluate the technical and productivity performance of school divisions in Mindanao from the period of 2002- 2010. The mean profile of input and output variables was computed using Mean the Technical and Allocative Efficiency scores and Total Factor Productivity were calculated using DEA with output orientation while the sources of inefficiency of the schools divisions were calculated using the Tobit Regression and the significance of the difference were calculated using SPSS version 16. Based on the findings among 48 school divisions in Mindanao 10 of these have achieved full technical efficiency level. Meanwhile, 38 schools division were least efficient due to lack of factors inputs like number of male and female enrollees, desk, classrooms and MOOE. A component of the productivity change is due more technological and total factor productivity changes with efficiency changes providing a gap. At 5 percent level of significance, there were significant differences in the technical efficiency and allocative efficiency scores of the school division when grouped according to regions where they belong. Thus, the study revealed that number of the desk and teachers were the Sources of inefficiencies of the school divisions.
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