Philippine Normal University

PROJECTS

Institutional Researches/Projects (SY 2005 – 2006)
1.	*PROJECT*	PNU Graduates' Performance in the LET (2000-2002): Approximating Sources of Variance
	Objective(s)	To identify selected factors that account for the LET performance of PNU BEED and BSED graduates of school years 2000-2002.
	Status	Completed. Published as Special Issue of the Research Series (#76)
2.	*PROJECT*	PNU Freshmen Profile 2004-2005
	Objective(s)	To present a profile of PNU freshmen enrolled in SY 2004-2005 on the following selected variables - gender, age, civil status, religion, family size, home language, high school average, course choice, study habits, SES, study load etc.
	Status	Completed. Published as Research Series #77
3.	*PROJECT*	Student Satisfaction Survey
	Objective(s)	To assess through students’ perceptions the services offered by the different University offices and resources, both academic and administrative
	Status	Completed. Published as Research Series #79
4.	*PROJECT*	Implementation of the Guidelines/Criteria for the President’s Research Award
	Objective(s)	To implement with the Office of the Vice President for Planning, Research and Extension, this year’s search for the Research Award
	Status	This year’s search was implemented and completed with the Awarding Ceremony held in January, 2006.
5.	*PROJECT*	Review of the University Research Agenda
	Objective(s)	To review the University Research Agenda taking into account the inclusion of the concerns in Basic Education as enunciated in this year’s Stakeholders’ Forum.
	Status	On-going. Topics suggested in the Stakeholders’ Forum re Basic Education and new developments in Education will be incorporated in the Agenda
6.	*PROJECT*	Development of Guidelines/Criteria for the President's Research Award
	Objective(s)	To develop guidelines on how the faculty could avail of the research award to be given by the office of the president
	Status	Completed. Submitted and ready for implementation
7.	*PROJECT*	Development and Validation of Standard Competencies for Student Teaching
	Objective(s)	To develop and validate standard student teaching competencies for pre-service students of Teacher Education Institutions. Once the competencies are standardized, an instrument to rate the performance of student teachers along the competencies will be developed
	Status	On-going. The inventory is still being tried out in some cooperating schools.
8.	*PROJECT*	Case Studies and Best Practices in Laboratory Schools
	Objective(s)	To document and reproduce the best practices in laboratory schools identified by the participating Centers of Excellence in Teacher Education (COETE) as part of the study on “The Laboratory Schools as Support Structures of Teacher Education Institutions.”
	Status	Completed. Published as Research Series #81
9.	*PROJECT*	2005 – 2006 Profile of the PNU College Freshmen
	Objective(s)	To present the profile of PNU Freshmen enrolled in SY 2005 – 2006 on the following selected variables – gender, age, civil status, SES, religion, address, study load, family, size, home language, high school average, etc.
	Status	Completed. Published as Research Series #82

Commissioned Projects/Researches
1.	*PROJECT*	ICT Readiness Survey of Public High School Teachers in the Philippines
	Objective(s)	To assess teacher competencies, attitude and support structures in using ICT in the classrooms. This is a project funded by Partners in Learning (PIL), a research arm of Microsoft
	Status	Completed. Report submitted to PIL for dissemination.
2.	*PROJECT*	Human Rights Education in Philippine Schools
	Objective(s)	To document and analyze policies on human rights education by government and other government entities and to survey student awareness of human rights and its integration in the classrooms. This is a commissioned research from HURIGHTS, Osaka, Japan.
	Status	Phase I. Assessment of Policies. Completed but being reviewed by HURIGHTS, Osaka Phase II. Survey of Students’ Awareness. Completed. Report submitted to HURIGHTS, Osaka. Paper read in HR Workshop in India but still to be published together with the other 4 countries involved. On-going. Write up of national and cross-country report for publication.
3.	*PROJECT*	Evaluation of the Implementation of 2002 BEC (Elementary Level)
	Objective(s)	To evaluate the implementation of the 2002 BEC across the sampled 56 divisions in the country. This is a collaborative commissioned research from the Bureau of Elementary Education (BEE) of the Dept. of Education. The CREDE and CCEEL are the lead Centers.
	Status	On-going. Data were gathered across the 56 divisions. Data are being encoded. Dummy tables are being set up.
4.	*PROJECT*	Development and Administration of the CHED National Scholarship Qualifying Examination
	Objective(s)	To develop, validate and administer the CHED National Scholarship Qualifying Examination (NSQE) to graduating high school students across the 17 regions of the country. This is a commissioned project from CHED. The project is jointly administered by the Office of the VPA and CREDE. This is 5-year contract with CHED.
	Status	Completed. The contents of the NSQE were developed, tried out, and finalized. On-going. The test administration will commence last week of February until March.