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ACTRC participates in training workshop on assessment and research

August 10, 2017

On 28 June, ACTRC researchers Louie Cagasan Jr, Joesal Marabe and Claire Scoular acted as resource persons in a training workshop in Ilocos Norte with the Philippines Department of Education’s Bureau of Educational Assessment (BEA). ACTRC works with BEA to build capacity in assessment and research to strengthen their K to 12 program. In the…
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ACTRC Newsletter – How do we use educational assessments?

June 2, 2017

ACTRC has published the eighth edition of its newsletter. This issue outlines the approach of ACTRC to the use of educational assessment to improve learning outcomes. Read the newsletter and subscribe for future editions.
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ACTRC Newsletter – ACTRC at Conference on Comparative and International Education

April 12, 2017

ACTRC has published its second of 2017, sharing details of the presentations made by the ACTRC team at the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, held in Atlanta, Georgia in early March 2017. Read the newsletter and subscribe for future editions.
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ACTRC Newsletter – The Challenge of Achieving Student Readiness for the 7-10 Science Curriculum

February 17, 2017

ACTRC has published its first issue of 2017, focusing on research outcomes from 2015 and 2016 regarding the progress of students through the K to 12 Science curriculum in junior secondary school. Read the newsletter and subscribe for future editions.
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MTB-MLE Journal Article Now Accessible Online

January 3, 2017

The article The Challenge of Implementing Mother Tongue Education in Linguistically Diverse Contexts: The Case of the Philippines, published recently in The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher by ACTRC’s MTB-MLE team, is now accessible online at http://rdcu.be/nsiT. The article shares the results of a nationwide survey involving 50 schools in linguistically diverse areas, where a number of…
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ACTRC Releases Latest Issue of Newsletter

December 5, 2016

ACTRC has released its fifth and final newsletter for 2016, describing two projects on technology in Philippine classrooms and announcing the online publication of the UNESCO NEQMAP report on the assessment of transversal competencies in the Asia-Pacific. Read the newsletter and subscribe for future editions.
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ACTRC’s MTB-MLE Team Presents Findings at the 5th International Conference on Language and Education

November 18, 2016

Dr Romylyn Metila represented ACTRC’s MTB-MLE team at the 5th International Conference on Language and Education, held in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 19-21, 2016. The theme of the conference was Sustainable Development through Multilingual Education. Dr Metila presented a paper entitled Embracing Linguistic Diversity in Mother Tongue Education: The Case of the Philippines. The paper…
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ACTRC and Philippines represented at UNESCO-APEID conference

November 4, 2016

Representatives from ACTRC and the Philippines Department of Education gave presentations at the 18th International Conference of UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID), held in Bangkok on 26-28 October 2016. At a plenary session, Dina Ocampo, Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction, spoke on Reforms and Transitions in Basic Education in the Philippines,…
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Article published in special issue of The Asia Pacific Education Researcher

November 3, 2016

The ACTRC MTB-MLE team has published an article in a special issue of The Asia Pacific Education Researcher. The article, The Challenge of Implementing Mother Tongue Education in Linguistically Diverse Contexts: The Case of the Philippines, is based on findings from Phase 2 of the ongoing multiphase study Understanding Best Practices in MTB-MLE in the Philippines. The article presents the various…
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ACTRC Releases Newsletter on Skills for the 21st Century

October 31, 2016

ACTRC has released its fourth newsletter, focusing on the topic of education for the 21st Century. The newsletter describes two current research projects on ’transversal’ or ‘21st Century’ skills. Read the newsletter and subscribe for future editions.
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