Suggested activities in teaching Martial Law

Madrileña de la Cerna 09/30/2017

Last week I had an interview with a history teacher who is doing a research on student activism in Cebu, and I shared with her my experiences of educating for social consciousness and transformation even before martial…

Side stories of Martial Law

Madrileña de la Cerna 09/23/2017

The intense fear inflicted by Martial Law sent various signals. Some slowly left the country, private schools especially Catholic schools turned over their schools to another congregation. I am familiar with three cases of such schools. St.…

A taste of fake news

Madrileña de la Cerna 09/17/2017

Fake news is not something new. During the election campaign of the 2016 elections, it was a powerful machinery for some candidates. But it was during the dictatorship that the country was bombarded with fake news, and…

Remembering September 11

Madrileña de la Cerna 09/09/2017

Tomorrow is the 16th anniversary of the September 11 attack that taught us deep lessons about life, humanity and ourselves that will never make it into a history book. One lesson we learned is that there is…

KA.T.ON (Kaon + tuon)

Madrileña de la Cerna 09/02/2017

According to the Philippine Institute of Development Studies, there is an alarming 57 percent dropout rate among junior public high school students. Among the reasons are lack of interest due to overcrowded classrooms that challenge the endurance…

A legacy of stability and continuity

Madrileña de la Cerna 08/26/2017

Celebrating the 448th founding anniversary of Cebu province on the theme “Hiniusang Paningkamot, Kalambuan Karon ug sa Umaabot” gave me a chance to browse over the “History of Cebu Province” written by Dr. Resil B. Mojares. This…

Bunch ’67

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/29/2017

July this year has been a reunion-filled month what with six reunions I attended. Five of these reunions were with my former students: two from St. Catherine’s School (Batches ’71 and ’72), three from UP Cebu High…

Conscientizing educators

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/22/2017

The passing away of Dr. Thelma B. Kintanar, erstwhile feminist and scholar, “visionary and doer” as former president Jose Abueva called her, three weeks ago reminded me of the work on women and cultural literacy, which I…

Reclaiming lost narratives

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/15/2017

It was a rare treat to have two lectures in one day (July 13) by a research scholar and an archivist. Dr. Christina Lee, a research scholar of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies of Princeton University, and…

Towards a cultural education

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/08/2017

In answer to the clamor for a program that will serve as a springboard in a new approach to the teaching of nationalism by cultivating pride of place, schools are painstakingly working out a way of making…

An inter-faith pilgrimage

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/01/2017

People go on pilgrimage to the holy places and miracle sites of their religion. To go on an inter-faith pilgrimage is a rarity and this was what Prof. Henry Francis Espiritu, philosophy teacher of UP Cebu did.…

Sablay on UP’s shoulder

Madrileña de la Cerna 06/24/2017

We carry the heart and soul of the Filipino. Graduations are somber affairs. The sight of halls filled with long, dark togas and mortarboard caps are part of an age-old tradition of academia, one borrowed from universities…

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