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038 In Suspense (2)
“Anong balita?” What’s in the news? I made it a point to start the civics class the same way I did the previous day and as I would in the days to come.
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037 In Suspense (1)
As a newly minted civics teacher in the late 80s, I knew that it would be quite a challenge to help my young students, Grades 4-6, make sense of the world around them.
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036 K-12 Revisited (2)
Let me be clear—I do believe that Philippine basic education is in crisis. However, I wouldn’t say that it’s because of the K-12 Program. The quality of education has been a problem long before the program came into being.
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035 K-12 Revisited (1)
It’s been 10 years since the Philippine government enacted the law that created the K-12 program. With it was the transformation of the basic education cycle into a 13-year package that starts with kindergarten and ends with two years of what is now known as Senior High School, Grades 11 and 12.