19
Nov

If you want to know the list of LET passers for September 2008, PRC has released the list of passers. Get your complete copy from this website through the following links: LET Elementary Education List of Passers and LET Secondary Education List of Passers. Thanks for being dropping by.

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3
Oct

If you are in the field of health and allied courses like nursing, dentistry, biology, physical therapy and the like, stitching up a wound is a skill you need to learn and master. If you are serious in any of these professions, then you can supplement your learning inside the classroom and laboratory with an audio-visual aid in stitching up wounds, i.e., suturing course and kit.

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2
Oct

If you have school children, then you probably know how important nutrition is for them to cope up with the physical and mental rigors of schooling. Below is a list suggested by Dr. Mao, an expert in nutrition and health on how you can help your children boost their immune system. This important especially to mothers who are usually the ones tasked to take care of the child.  Kids are exposed to different weather conditions which could affect their immune system. Good diet can help them make it through the season. Read the rest of this entry »

20
Sep

The multiple intelligences theory by Howard Gardner (probably not related to Jennifer Gardner of “Alias”) has been viewed at first as funny. Some even called it baseless. This is because, in a nutshell, the Theory of Multiple Intelligences was based on Gardner’s observations on his own children. On the other hand, recent studies in education, suggest that Gardner’s theory (which now includes nine domains of intelligence) could be valid. But being a theory (like Einstein’s Theory of Relativity), Multiple Intelligences Theory must stand the test of time before enjoying global acceptance (some educators still do not agree with Gardner’s propositions).

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21
Aug

The problem with student grades is, they can be doctored. There had been instances in the past when a student who did not want to disappoint his parents changed his grades on his classcards. Some schools in the Philippines have already adapted an online gradebook where parents can access the grades of their children online.

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19
Aug

With the growing popularity of texting among children here in the Philippines, one of the areas of conern of the Department of Education (DepEd) is the decline in their spelling proficiency. Several studies show that Filipino children now are poor in spelling.

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15
Jun

As an educator myself, I know how important education is not only in molding a person but in nation-building. In the Philippines, recent reports about aptitude and number of children in school came in opposing directions this year.

According to ABS-CBN News, the good news is, the performance of students in national aptitude examinations has improved significantly these past five years. Good you might think. But read on…

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5
Jun

Of the three domains of learning or education, the affective domain is the most affected in Filipino children and students.  I will explain this general observation further after the definition of some concepts.
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2
Jun

I have been observing my 6 Filipino grandchildren and even their parents since they were toddlers and learning how to speak. In my observation, children really learn different languages (dialects and foreign) faster and better than adults. I even recall an episode of the national Geographic Channel where it dealt with how the brain works and develops when human beings are still very young. According to NatGeo, babies/toddlers recognize sound patterns more receptively than adults, hence better in learning languages.

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