EdM 201: socio-cultural foundation of education in Gumaca, Quezon, Celebrate Islands Week in Boac, Marinduque and PASCHR 9 in Virac, Catanduanes
August 18-20/ tayabas
Abstract
There are at least three reasons for celebration: one for national heritage month (NHM) every May of each year, another for the 10th edition of Celebrate Islands Week during May 10 to 17 and lastly, for the 9th Philippine Association for the Study of Culture, History and Religion (PASCHR). Considering the three reasons, there is also one more reason to celebrate, the culmination of 3rd reiteration of Socio-Cultural Foundations of Education at Marinduque State College (MSC) Graduate School. EdM 201 is a foundation course for every MSCian graduate student who is taking up MAEd. I first had the opportunity to handle the class in 2017 with pioneering graduate students and some who would pursue a Graduate Diploma in Cultural Education (GDCE). By 2018, MSC had its GDCE Marinduque Batch 1 with half of the teacher-scholars are from MSC and the rest from Marinduque National High School (MNHS). This was also the time for the 1st batch of the Bachelor of Culture, Arts Education (BCAEd). It was only in 2020, during the occasion of the Marinduque centennial and slight prior the pandemic. By then, we’re able to complete one batch of GDCE and started a new batch for Mindoro and Romblon. In between the Batch 1 and 2 of GDCE, the pioneering batch of BCAEd have graduated. This brings us to the third reiteration of EdM 201 which we are holding the culmination for.
At this point, the Socio-Cultural Foundations of Education have been offered beyond MSC and now in Eastern Quezon College (EQC) in Gumaca. Like the courses that have been offered in MSC Graduate School before, there are non-negotiable and negotiable requirements. For the non-negotiable deliverables are the lesson exemplars and teaching demo. Moving from EdM201 and the wealth of experience from GDCE, in particular in CulEd 206: Local Cultural Mapping and CulEd 207: Culture-based Lesson Exemplars we’re able to draw contextualized lessons for basic, junior/ senior high school and even higher learning. On the other hand, the class also have some negotiable requirements for one reason or the other when the adult learner have difficulties with complying. During this third reiteration of EdM201, then it was introduced 120 second videos inspired by the Celebrate Islands and some pubmats for national heritage month and Ocean Decade.
Keywords: cultural education, culture-based education, local cultural mapping, lesson exemplars, island studies