Pub Date : 2017-12-29DOI: 10.57200/apjsbs.v14i0.91
Zeny L. Maureal, Lezel Mernilo Tutanes, Ann Sheila C Del Rosario, Al Jefferson J. Pabelic
This study explored on the parity in educational attainment and economic participation and opportunities among genders through data mining, a process used to uncover characteristics of phenomena and the relationship between them. The pattern of gender parity was drawn from the data set of World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index of 2015. The findings, based on the patterns generated, reveal no relationship between the equality in educational attainment and economic participation and opportunities among men and women. This indicates that educational attainment and success of women does not automatically mean higher economic status or greater political participation. It was deduced further that equality in both genders in terms of educational attainment instead, creates disparity in the economic opportunities of women. The factors of the disparity include gender stereotyping in the labor market; discriminatory practices in the workplace; and cultural, ethnic, and religious norms that draw attention to gender complementarity rather than gender equity.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-29DOI: 10.57200/apjsbs.v14i0.101
Lora E Añar, Rebecca Petersen, Albert Villanca
Internationalization and ASEAN integration has lead pre service teachers to explore the world of teaching abroad. The pre-service teachers have experienced many learning opportunities and challenges in a foreign country. The study aimed to explore the lived experiences of Filipino pre-service in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics STEM Program of Anubanchonburi School Thailand. The 17 participants ranging from 19-21 years old from Bukidnon State University, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Philippines were interviewed and 8 of them attended the focus group discussion. Thematic analysis revealed five major themes of their learning experiences: (1) travel exposures; (2) pedagogical learning; (3) social and multicultural learning, (4) personal and professional learning; and (5) technological learning. This study provides insights to administrators, pre-service teaching supervisors, and educators to increase the opportunities of pre-service teachers to be exposed to a multicultural classroom and become globally competent. This will provide avenues to forge stronger collaboration and partnerships with stakeholders in the country and abroad. Key words: internationalization, pre-service teachers, learning experiences, STEM Program
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Pub Date : 2017-12-29DOI: 10.57200/apjsbs.v14i0.132
H. J. Abejuela
This study attempted to present a pragmatic description of Bukidnon rituals, in particular, the speech acts, sequential organization and cultural norms of this indigenous discourse. The results indicated that the most frequently performed speech acts in Bukidnon rituals were directives and representatives. The former were attempts of the speaker (ritualists) to get the addressee(s) ( Supreme ruler,deities and/or participants of the ritual) to do something, i.e. to heed orders or grant requests. When issuing directives, Bukidnons are explicit and straightforward. They believe that the stronger the directive, the better are the chances for positive responses. Representatives were also prevalent specifically involving claims, affirmation, or declaration. Like other discourses, Bukidnon rituals were found to follow a distinct pattern beginning with Panawagtawag (call) or Pandalawit (invitation). The spiritual guardians, custodians, and the supreme God, Magbabaya were invoked to bless and guide the ritualists and the participants during the rituals. The invitation part (pandalawit) was followed by a series of requests interspersed with representatives specifically information, description and explanation. The prayers of requests were further reinforced with the offering and partaking (panampulot) of sacrificial animals. As a distinct form of religious discourse, rituals involve customary requirements expressive of the distinct ethnocultural identity of this speech community. It is through a pragmatic analysis of the speech acts that the readers are able to see ritual as an authentic communicative event.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-29DOI: 10.57200/apjsbs.v14i0.87
C. J. V. Barroso
This study reports on the development and validation of an instrument for measuring the research culture of different academic institutions. The Research Culture Index (RCI) is an instrument shows the sum of different dimensions namely research competency, research process and research productivity. There were 535 respondents which included the administrators, researchers, and faculty members from six State Universities and Colleges in Region. The validation was done through Delphi method and underwent reliability test using Cronbach Alpha, yielding high-reliability result of 0.8 for two trials. The study revealed that among the three dimensions of the Research Culture Index, research competency significantly influenced the outcome of RCI in the academe as reflected by its high optimal weight. The three prime universities in Region X namely: Mindanao State of Science and Technology; Bukidnon State University and Central Mindanao University, have high research culture index. Demographic data further shows that age has a significant bearing on dimension 1: research competency of the faculty, while the academic rank of the faculty has a significant bearing on the two dimensions namely, research competency, and research process. Keywords: Research Culture Index (RCI), Research Competency, Research Process, Research Productivity
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Pub Date : 2017-11-16DOI: 10.57200/apjsbs.v13i0.125
Marilou O. Espina, Jovelin M. Lapates
One of the most popular contents in the Internet nowadays is the game. An online game is a video game that is played through the Internet or another computer network. However, only a few studies were conducted on how online games became widely spread. This study aims to understand the underlying factors that led to the rapid spreading of online games through simulation. This could be a basis for game developers in choosing the right platform in order to infiltrate the most number of potential gamers. The factors namely the average online friends who access the network and the chances that lead to playing network games was simulated through a NetLogo software, an agent-based model, to understand the spread of online games. The results indicated that the average online friends who access the network (Degree) significantly affect the spread of online games. However, two caveats are needed to popularize the game. One way is to develop the game in a platform where social networks are already established like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and the like. Secondly, build an online social network on top of the digital games delivery platform such as Steam Community.
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Pub Date : 2017-11-16DOI: 10.57200/apjsbs.v13i0.119
Lorenzo B Dinlayan III, Mariza P Manlagaylay, Rosanna S Generato
The study aimed to determine the parameters influencing the indigenous peoples’ (IPs) acculturation using social behavior model. It demonstrates how another self is taken into account in one’s acts, actions, or practices that affect acculturation. Using a 3-factorial design, the model suggests that acculturation is influenced by three aspects namely, the number of non-IPs in social contact with IPs, the length of social contact with non-IPs, and the length of time spent living in the IP community. Based on the results, it is most evident that having more number of social contacts with non-IPs, spending a longer time in social contact with non-IPs, and having lesser time living with IP community would result to high acculturation. On the other hand, having less number of social contacts with non-IPs, less time in social contact with non-IPs, and more time living with IP community indicate low acculturation. However, it revealed that more social contacts with non- IPs resulted to greater effect on acculturation. Further, the occurrence of acculturation lessened if IPs would live longer in their respective IP communities.
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Pub Date : 2017-11-16DOI: 10.57200/apjsbs.v13i0.130
E. A. Cadorna, J. Taban, Marieta Gavino
The study explored the pathological fear in Mathematics of male and female college students. The study utilized the mixed method of research with 199 first year non-Math students as participants to determine the causes, effects, and ways of overcoming this fear. It made use of the cross-sectional design to explore the strategies of overcoming this pathological fear among the students. Results revealed that the students fear Math because of the influence of their friends, personal capacity, and the complex nature of Math. The male and female students differ in the prime cause of pathological fear. The cause as identified for the males is nature of the subject while personal capacity for the females. The students’ fear in Mathematics affects their performance in the subject. The main effect of the students’ fear in Math is recalling what had been learned when preparing for an examination. As a way of overcoming this fear, the female students cited that the teaching of mathematics should be made enjoyable. The male students suggested that they should be taught how mathematics is applied in everyday life situations. The students also need their parents’ support, encouragement, and motivation. On the part of the teachers, the students suggest the use of appropriate teaching strategies to make mathematics learning more meaningful.
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Pub Date : 2017-11-16DOI: 10.57200/apjsbs.v13i0.116
Catherine P. Coñales, Cecile T Janamjam, Jo Un Polinar
This study examined the wealth distribution parameters towards equality. The NetLogo Wealth Distribution Model was used to determine the Gini Coefficient based on the interactions of the parameters such as population, perception in life, lifestyle, minimum life expectancy, maximum life expectancy, income opportunities, skills, and labor market. Various simulations were conducted to identify the numerical values of the parameters leading to the desired state of wealth distribution. The result showed that among the parameters used, population has the highest impact in achieving an ideal state of equality. The increase in population will affect the result of the Gini coefficient, which tends to deviate from the perfect equality curve. Based on the Gini index of the Philippines, it revealed that wealth distribution in the country is significantly unequal, influenced by growing population and poor policy implementation. This research could serve as a basis for policy reforms which would lead to the country’s economic growth and stability.
{"title":"A Path to Equality on Wealth Distribution: Basis for PhilippinesPolicy Reforms","authors":"Catherine P. Coñales, Cecile T Janamjam, Jo Un Polinar","doi":"10.57200/apjsbs.v13i0.116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57200/apjsbs.v13i0.116","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the wealth distribution parameters towards equality. The NetLogo Wealth Distribution Model was used to determine the Gini Coefficient based on the interactions of the parameters such as population, perception in life, lifestyle, minimum life expectancy, maximum life expectancy, income opportunities, skills, and labor market. Various simulations were conducted to identify the numerical values of the parameters leading to the desired state of wealth distribution. The result showed that among the parameters used, population has the highest impact in achieving an ideal state of equality. The increase in population will affect the result of the Gini coefficient, which tends to deviate from the perfect equality curve. Based on the Gini index of the Philippines, it revealed that wealth distribution in the country is significantly unequal, influenced by growing population and poor policy implementation. This research could serve as a basis for policy reforms which would lead to the country’s economic growth and stability.","PeriodicalId":233251,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social and Behavioral Sciences","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124831057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-11-16DOI: 10.57200/apjsbs.v13i0.117
Lavelie C Lubos, Beulah Rose R. Torres
The presidential election process in a democratic country entails a political campaign that includes the spread of propaganda which refers to any information that aims to per- suade voters to elect a candidate. This information may be in a form of a tagline or slogan that briefly explains why a candidate is running for office. Within the context of the 2016 Presidential Election in the Philippines, the purpose of this paper was to simulate through the Rumor Mill Model the spread of a presidential candidate’s tagline as propaganda; and to determine whether the speed and extent of propaganda reach was translated into votes. To accomplish this, a one-on-one correspondence of each presidential aspirant’s tagline, with the parameters of the model was created. A specific assumption for each parameter was formulated. Then based on the computer instructions of the model, the spread of propaganda was simulated. The result did not match with the official results of the 2016 Philippine presidential race. Hence, the Rumor Mill Model failed to predict who won in the election. It is therefore necessary to design additions and extensions to improve this model as an agent-based simulation model.
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Pub Date : 2017-11-16DOI: 10.57200/apjsbs.v13i0.121
C. J. V. Barroso, R. R. P. Babanto
This study used new methodologies embedded in agent-based modeling to generate specific characteristic phenomena and core dynamics in unwanted teenage pregnancies. A NetLogo software was used to simulate data exhibiting the pattern of unwanted teenage pregnancy. The simulation revealed four agents contributing to the number of unwanted pregnancies: number of multiple partners, commitment, birth control method/s used and frequency of sex education. Among the four agents, the number of sexual partners significantly influenced the rate of unwanted pregnancies. However, commitment was not observed to be a contributory factor for the number of unwanted teenage pregnancies; rather it was more sensitive to the interactions among different agents. The Multiple Linear Regression model was generated from the interactions of the four predictor-variables and it illustrated prediction of unwanted teenage pregnancies in a given community.
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