The Department of Science
and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) invited three
UP NISMED staff, Dr. Amelia Punzalan, Dr. Erlina Ronda, and Ms.
Arlene de la Cruz, as resource speakers on its 2nd year of
training workshop on research enhancement. The training workshop was
held on 4-6 September 2012 at Punta de Fabian, Baras, Rizal.
The participants were 27
faculty members of Teacher Training Institutes (TEIs) representing
different regions of the country. These TEIs were identified by the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as Centers of Development.
From CHED Memorandum
Order No. 33 Series of 2012, a Center of Development (COD) refers to
a teacher education program in an HEI (Higher Education Institution),
which demonstrates the potential to become a COE (Center of
Excellence) in the future. A COE is defined as a teacher education
program in an HEI, which continuously demonstrates excellent
performance in the areas of instruction, research and publication,
extension and linkages, institutional qualifications and one that
provides excellent quality pre-service teacher education program to
meet the needs of progressive teachers for elementary, secondary, and
special education programs. The identified COEs and CODs are expected
to serve as instruments in attaining and fulfilling the program’s
mission of producing professionally competent and morally upright
teacher education graduates.
Ms. de la Cruz started
the session with De Bono’s six (6) thinking hats to set the tone of
the workshop. Activities in the thinking hats were used as
springboard for the participants’ research topics as well as in
setting of goals for lesson study and other research projects.
Dr. Punzalan talked
about teaching science through inquiry. She presented different ways
to show how inquiry can be part of the participants’ researches in
their classrooms and how it can be used as a teaching strategy.
Dr. Ronda talked about
problem solving as strategy for teaching mathematics. She also used
lesson study to further explain problem solving and showed a video on
a mathematics lesson study implementation.
On the third day, the
participants presented their research topics as well as their planned
methodologies. Critiquing of the research topics was done after each
presentation. The Central Bicol State University of Agriculture -
College of Development Education from Region V, and Xavier University
- Faculty of Education from Region XII planned to do research related
to lesson study.
