Technological [in]accessibility: Digital Literacy in STEM Education in the Philippines

This research arises from the need to find out how Canada’s expertise could improve science education in rural areas in the Philippines and in turn, how this collaboration could generate understandings that would also advance Canada’s public science education system. It is based on the deliberate use of technology and local knowledge frameworks. It will use a case study method by conceptualizing select science teachers’ situations to create a detailed understanding of their experiences. I will gather data to summarize these experiences through interviews, video recordings, and reflections during video creation and teaching. I will manage the over-all training with proper coordination with select school principals. The training will gather select science teachers as participants to initially share their teaching experiences including issues regarding inaccessibility and inequity of resources. The experiences shared by the science teachers will be incorporated with the video creation training. Teachers are expected to make 5-7 minute science videos. The whole training will last for three months. The outcome of this research will provide an alternative approach to improve the learning and teaching in 5,000 rural high schools in the Philippines that do not have science labs […]

Faculty Supervisor:

Marina Milner-Bolotin

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Partner:

University of California, Los Angeles

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Information and Communications Technology; Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

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