The role of research in Graduate education implications for ASEAN 2015

1. ASEAN 2015: The Role of
Research in Education
Carlo Magno, PhD.
crlmgn@yahoo.com

2. ASEAN
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Vietnam
Thailand

3. ASEAN Integration
• Narrowing the Development Gap
– Reducing various forms of disparities
among and within Member States
where some pockets of
underdevelopment persist.
– Foster regional cooperation
– Greater social and economic
integration
• 6-year IAI workplan to assist
countries assuring economic
acceleration.

4. ASEAN Integration
• Key programme areas in the three Blueprints for the
ASEAN Community:
– ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint
– ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
– ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint
• IAI workplans
– Infrastructure (transport and energy)
– Human resource development (public sector capacity
building, labor and employment, and higher education)
– Information and communication technologies (ICT)
– Regional economic integration (trade in goods and
services, customs, standards, and investments)
– Tourism and poverty alleviation have also been included

5. Actions
• Help companies do business in the
region
– Opportunity for study and graduate
study grants in other countries
– Practice teaching in ASEAN countries
– Producing educational materials
available for international use
(assessment tools and references).
– Educational research and data gathering
in other countries
– Education experts as consultants in the
ASEAN region
– Locals opening international schools and
training centers

6. Action
• Seamless movement of goods and
services will enable productive
operations across the ASEAN region
– Educational services such as educational
and training programs, instructional
materials, and assessment can be
conducted in other countries.
– Filipino teachers can be hired in other
countries
– Training and education in ASEAN
countries
– International students and
internationally recognized programs

7. Action
• Intra-regional tariff reduction
– Affordable references, tests,
manuals, guides, books, multimedia
materials
– Easy to send material goods to
other countries

8. Action
• Trade in goods agreement and
Investment
– Exchange of services like learning
content and ICT platforms
– ETS, licensing centers opening a local
branch in the Philippines-more work
for psychology graduates
– Transnational Education opening a
branch in the Philippines-
opportunities for graduates to get
foreign degree.

9. Implications and Needs for Psychology
Graduates
• Recognition of an ASEAN licensed teachers to
practice the education profession in the ASEAN
region.
– Done for Mechanical Engineers but not for teachers
• Some commonalities in the Educational system
– Schedule of colleges and universities
– Programs with international accreditation
– Pathway for students to move from one school a
country to another

10. Implications and Needs for Education
Graduates
• Preparation for the educational
setting:
– Basic education is now consistent with
other countries: K to 12 with American
model for the senior high school
– College readiness framework
– Revised and interdisciplinary GE courses
– Global perspective in the curriculum

11. Levels of Publication
ISI abstracted Journals
Abstracted journal
International Journal
Local journal
Conference proceeding
In house publication

12. ISI Journals in the Philippines
• The Asia Pacific Education Researcher
• Philippine Political Science Journal
• Philosophia
• Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
• Philippine Agricultural Scientist
• Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine
• Philippine Journal of Crop Science

13. Research in Education
• ISI Citations of Publications in Asian Countries (Times
Higher Education, 2014)
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Turkey
Japan
Hong Kong
South Korea
China
Singapore
Taiwan
Israel

14. Research Opportunities
• Majority of international journals are submitted
online.
• Because of the internet and social networking,
Filipino researchers can easily collaborate with
international researchers in publication (increase
in citations).
• Filipino authors can be guided by foreign
researchers on conceptualizing and writing style
(common problems in report writing).
• Filipino authors are guided on selecting the right
journal for their study.

15. Implications on Research ASEAN
Standards
• Basis of faulty rankings can include citations
rather than volume of publication (author
impact factor).
• Universities becoming conscious of abstracted
and indexed journals.
• Balance between research and teaching.
• The growing concept of a research faculty.
• Universities offering a degree by research.

16. Issues
• Access to abstracted and high impact journals.
• Need to expose education majors to teach
international students.
• Need for standards in Teaching Competency in
the Asian Region
• Keeping up and competing with other education
graduates in Asian countries.
• What can the Filipino researcher offer to foreign
researchers? Educational research capacities and
training in Philippines needs improvement