Cathy Mae ToqueroMindanao State University, General Santos City, Philippines · College of Education
Cathy Mae Toquero
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Covid-19 affected higher educational institutions not just in Wuhan, China where the virus originated but all other higher educational institutions in 188 countries as of April 06, 2020. Educational countermeasures are taken to continue educating the students despite the COVID-19 predicaments. Based on the author’s experiences, research, observatio...
Digital technology has served people for educative purposes and formation of virtual social connections for the coexistence of human relationships amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This article presents the socio-educational implications of the newly-formed virtual relations made possible through technology. It explores the use of emerging technologies a...
People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are confronted with diverse challenges as COVID-19 caused tremendous disruption in face-to-face educational settings. Apart from this situation, teachers are also facing difficulties in making their lessons adaptive and responsive to the educational learning needs of people with SEND. Th...
School closures, home quarantine, and social distancing implemented worldwide can cause a sudden anxiety even among teachers. A designed online survey collected data from Filipino teachers’ practices on how they deal with anxiety due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The practices include information seeking, preventive measures, and other coping mechanism...
Technology has been instrumental for efficient communication to counter the pandemic that the world is facing today. It also redefines how the educational system can proliferate the delivery of the teaching-learning process amidst COVID-19. This paper articulates the effectiveness of distance education, highlights the possible challenges in emergen...
This study examined the integration of assistive technology (AT) in teaching learners with special educational needs (LSENs) in selected schools in the Philippines. This aimed to determine the assistive technologies utilized in teaching the special education (SPED) learners. The research also examined the perceptions, challenges, and support mechan...
Due to the perplexity of students' experience during online learning, they are demotivated in the current academic setup. The support that they receive is crucial for their academic journey. This study aimed to determine the learning support to reinforce students' motivation during homeschool exodus. It also examines how they deal with emergency re...
Children of ethnic origin located in marginalized areas are susceptible to educational inequalities due to the lack of internet connection and socio-educational support. Though a Home-Based Education Program, this article presents the process of the development of an emergency homeschool learning in remote areas in a province in the Philippines. Im...
While ChatGPT has recently become very popular, AI has a long history and philosophy. This paper intends to explore the promises and pitfalls of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) AI and potentially future technologies by adopting a speculative methodology. Speculative future narratives with a specific focus on educational contexts are pr...
Universities need to have an assessment that will enable their system to predict the success of their graduates on state examinations. This study aimed to determine the predictive validity of selected measures of teacher education for first-time performance on the licensure examination for teachers in the Philippines. A retrospective research desig...
The immediate sweep of COVID-19 has jolted the world's education system and propelled educators to switch to an online-based pedagogy instantly. This study examined the pre-service teachers' hopes, goals, hindrances, and solutions regarding the forced digital revolution of course learning. It encompasses strategies for students to cope with the rec...
Emergency Remote Learning presented unplanned and unexpected educational paradigms from traditional to remote classes that occur due to the COVID-19 outbreak in various countries. Zoom platform served as an emergency solution, providing a potentially safe environment for learning. Students adjusted to the new mode of teaching and learning process s...
As the world experiments with multiplex approaches to achieve a free pandemic society, infodemic pillages the online and offline realms, which exacerbates the spectrum of media fragilities, especially for particular age groups. Misinformation and disinformation related to health, political, and social issues, among others, deter the thin line that...
The government of the Republic of the Philippines has suspended physical classes since the onset of the pandemic cases in 2020. On 20 September 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte authorized the return to in-person instruction for a limited number of schools in low-risk areas. The state has acknowledged the health concern related to young individuals t...
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic created psychological chaos, social distress, and emotional disturbances to the students worldwide which affected their pursuit to focus on their learning goals. This article examines the psychosocial, educational, and other related challenges of the current crisis which threaten the space for learning heuristics a...
This article investigates the culture of the student online community of pre-service teachers relative to their engagement in social media at a state university in the Philippines. It analyzes students’ engagement to facilitate authentic learning within the bounds of social media platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author used a digital eth...
Phonological awareness is a critical skill that children must master during the early foundations of literacy. It is considered a highly accurate predictor of a child's success in learning to read. However, at the expected age, there are cases in which children have not developed phonological awareness that consequently result in poor reading skill...
The multi-related print paperwork of teachers is insurmountable even with the integration of technologies and state-of-the-art devices. Electronic form of paperwork is also voluminous that contributes to the experienced stress of teachers. Hence, teachers desire for a degree of liberation from numerous printed-related tasks or electronic related pa...
University students are susceptible to the constantly shifting online milieu during the pandemic. Linguistic isolation can present more difficulties as students lack authentic social communication in classes online. This study examined the hopes and goals of university students in their English learning course during emergency remote learning. Thir...
This article is a collective approach that examines the opportunities, challenges, and lessons learned by university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This multi-authored article invited students at a public institution in the Philippines to submit a response to a call from The Papyrus under the Adviser's Desk titled, "Educators' Response to N...
The primary role of the academe is knowledge building, however, due to the prevailing digital divide, some institutions of higher learning were not able to offer even Emergency Online Teaching (EOT) for continuous formal education during the early stages of the pandemic. This article highlights diversified ways that a state university from a develo...
Older adults experienced the trepidation of COVID-19 as they are seriously the most affected in confirmed deaths. The aging population experienced the mayhem of health vulnerabilities and detrimental effects of the pandemic that aggravate their health issues. Consequently, the relentless call to meet the health needs of the older adults is inevitab...
As classes transitioned to the emergency online learning environments, teachers are confronted with pedagogic challenges, particularly on ways to stimulate the curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking of the students. To address this challenging scenario, the application of game-based learning can equip the teachers with pedagogical advantage t...
The risks of COVID-19 transmissions enforced schools worldwide to close to restrict health threats among education sectors particularly students and teachers. Educational responses are developed to pursue the goals of education amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Among these educational responses is the integration of technology in acquiring knowledge know...
The confirmed cases in the Philippines breached the 578, 381 mark, while global cases reached 114, 710, 514 as of March 01, 2021. As the COVID-19 escalates, it also heightens stress, depression, and anxiety to people with disabilities. COVID-19 also exacerbates healthcare inequalities, and people with disabilities experienced elevated healthcare di...
COVID-19 causes unimaginable fatality among the elderly people worldwide. Amid the
crisis, elderly people need tangible and intangible support for them to deal with the dilemmas, anxiety, loneliness, and even suicidal tendencies. This article discusses on how the elderly has been affected by COVID-19 that created a worsening situation and exacerbat...
Expository Text Structure strategy addresses the informational structure of the text that provides students with an easy way to analyze through a visual representation of the text which creates an understanding of the basic part of the expository text. This study was carried out through a quasi-experimental design or two group pre-test post-test de...
COVID-19 has brought terrors to the situations of the most vulnerable countries and marginalized communities on a macro-scale. Not only has this pandemic affected millions of lives that ignited a worldwide crisis in the lens of health care and the economy, but it also outraged social and digital divides that heighten the gateways for neoliberalism...
COVID-19 affected not only the lifestyle and socioeconomic conditions of the people worldwide but also the governing affairs of the process of education. To limit the transmission of COVID-19 in the educational sector, teachers immediately diverted from face-to-face education to a virtual-based education. This abrupt paradigm shift in education pos...
Children and adolescents are prone to physical fatigue and psychosocial anxiety because of the ongoing social distancing and sleep deprivations due to the long exposure to digital technology usage during the covid-19 pandemic. This scenario of sleep deprivation affects their educational endeavors and health quality. Through the use of smartphones a...
A university with a relevant curriculum offers authentic practical work experience integrated in the subjects to capacitate the graduates to be job-ready to meet the demands of employers in the industry. In contrast, the graduates are confronted with numerous difficulties in finding a job with their acquired degree due to the lack of required skill...
Students showcase difficulty in their writing skills due to the barriers in applying the strategies of the English language. Teachers thereby are expected to cultivate the students’ writing capabilities using effective teaching strategies in English writing. Grounding on the concept of constructivism, teachers’ conceptualization of strategies paves...
People with disabilities are often deprived of their rights for quality healthcare during an emergency. The reasons for the deprivations are due to a lack of specialized healthcare that can cater for their health essentials and due to a lack of policies that protect their health rights. However, people with disabilities should be safeguarded since...
In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools worldwide are compelled to find new ways of providing education to their students. Educational institutions are shifting to emergency E-learning, while their underprepared teachers find themselves confronted with numerous unexpected challenges of emergency remote teaching (ERT). Teachers are not fully...
This article presents an autoethnographic examination on how people are living and experiencing the turnabout in their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the educational landscape going towards faith in mankind to the psychological, social, environmental, and philosophical arena, this article gives reflections on hopes for a democratic future...
Technology has been instrumental for efficient communication to counter the pandemic that the world is facing today. It also redefines how the educational system can proliferate the delivery of the teaching-learning process amidst COVID-19. This paper articulates the effectiveness of distance education, highlights the possible challenges in emergen...
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an ongoing challenge especially for those people and children with special needs and disabilities as their voices are unheard in normal times and this unfortunate situation is heightened during this emergency. Government policies during the pandemic necessitate inclusion for people with disabilities who also have...
The Philippines is now the leading country in the Asean region with the highest confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of April 14, 2020. It has always surmounted numerous curriculum experiments in the previous years but will continue to do so in the coming years as the COVID-19 pandemic is making massive hits to the education sector. This pandemic has bro...
The purpose of this study is to provide an analysis of the teacher education program focused on the development of the research competence of the preservice teachers, difficulties they encountered in conducting action research and the need to provide them with realistic research opportunities.
This qualitative study made use of data sources taken f...
Academic integrity plays a critical role for the achievement of the students. It is also a principle that students should uphold in dealing with every academic activity. However, some of the students fail to follow the standards yet; they still achieved and completed their academic work. This paper determined the level of academic integrity and res...
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This project aims at carrying out studies on the feasibility of using the UDL framework and its three key principles in the classroom settings at the various academic levels in Ghana. We have already commenced a study in the higher education context soon to be published.
* If you want to be added to this project and gradually collaborate for OPV research, I would love to get your email through ResearchGate or my email tanhanahmet3@gmail.com
**You can see some related papers that we are aware of and in which the researchers used Online Photovoice (OPV) at THE BOTTOM OF this PAGE.
We have a few goals with this project:
1) Getting to know any researchers focusing on these topics.
2) CONSTRUCTING a POOL of these researchers and their related work focusing on these topics through this research project page.
3) Gradually collaborating with one another through reading each other’s work.
4) Gradually collaborating for academic research, writing, and projects.
5) If you want to be one of the collaborators on this project, could you please humbly follow me and let me know so that I can follow back and add you to the project and you can collaborate and add your related work if you wish so. You can add your paper to this project's pool by clicking on "add research" button when you are on the project page. And it takes three seconds to add!
6) If you have not written any papers on OPV and still want to be collaborators, we would love to support you in this process. I would love to hear back from you so I can add you.
7) If you do not want to be a collaborator and just want to follow the project, we would love to get your support. You can follow the project and recommend/suggest the project or any papers so that other dear people interested in the research can see it/them.
Thanks a lot, on behalf of the team :) may Allah/God make us to serve all humanity and the universe for a more LIVEABLE WORLD for ALL...
