SPaCE, De La Salle-âCollege of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines. Third International Conference on Asian Studies 2015. 20-21 June 2015, International ...
Third International Conference on Asian Studies 2015 20-21 June 2015, International University of Japan, Niigata Challenges and Issues in the 21st Century: Asian Perspectives
Reynaldo A. Mones Doctor of Business Administration (A.B.D.), De La Salle University Master of Business Administration, De La Salle University, 2007
B.S. in Business Management, De La Salle University, 1986
SPaCE, De La Salle-‐College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines
Background • Started in 1995 as the Certificate Programs Center (CPC) • Two programs • Human Resource Management • Organization Development
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Background • Became the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPaCE) in 2003 • Now has 9 program offerings • Professional Event Management, Marketing Management, Real Estate Management, Supply Chain Management, Training Development and Management, Professional Retail Management, Accounting for Non-Accountants SPaCE, De La Salle-‐College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines
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Background • Franchise Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Professional Security Management, Design and Arts courses
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Background • All faculty members are industry practitioners
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Background • Each program has 6 modules • Each module is 42 hours long (7 hours x 6 days) • Classes held every Saturday. • It takes approximately 10 months to finish a program. • As of April 2015, 17,241 students
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Social Capital A look at how students work and learn together
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Lifelong Learning: What is it? • Adult education • Distance learning • Lifelong learning
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Lifelong Learning: For what? • To remain eligible for work • To provide basic skills • Political
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Methodology • Surveyed 150 SPaCE students across all programs • Adopted the World Bank Social Capital Integrated Questionnaire • Demographic data • Social groups and networks • Trust and solidarity • Frequency tables and t-tests SPaCE, De La Salle-‐College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines
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Characteristics of the Sample
20#29%
40-‐39 14%
20-‐29 37%
30#39% 40#49% 50#59% 60%and%above%
30-‐39 33%
Age
Frequency
Percent
20-29
55
37
30-39
49
33
40-49
21
14
50-59
4
3
60 and above
1
1
No answer
20
13
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No%answer%
Characteristics of the Sample
Female 36%
Male%% Male 64%
Gender
Frequency
Percent
Male
96
64
Female
54
36
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Female%
Characteristics of the Sample Masters 22% College& Diploma&
College 78%
Educational Attainment College Diploma Masters
Frequency
Percent
117 11 22
78 7 15
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Characteristics of the Sample Rank%and%file%
Managerial 35%
R&F 28%
Self,employed,% entrepreneur,%broker,% proprietor% Supervisor%
Entrep 64% Supervisor 26%
Position in Company
Frequency
Percent
Rank and file
42
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Self-employed, entrepreneur, broker, proprietor Supervisor Managerial
17
11
39 52
26 35
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Managerial%%
Education-related Characteristics New skills 16% Promotion
NA 54%
Reasons for enrolling in SPaCE Learn new/additional skills Promotion Self-advancement Preparation for selfemployment/ consultancy Transfer to another unit/ department No answer
Frequency
Percent
24
16
12 31
8 21
4
3
2
1
81
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Learn&n skills&
Promo
8%
Self4ad
Self-‐advancement
Prepar employ
21%
Transfe depart
No&ans
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Education-related Characteristics
Company( Company 40%
Others 36%
Parents( Self1financed( Others(
Self-‐financed 23% Source of education funding Company Parents Self-financed Others
Frequency
Percent
60 1 35 54
40 1 23 36
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Education-related Characteristics One$Modules$ Two$Modules$ Three$Modules$
Three 14%
One 41%
Four$Modules$ Five$Modules$ Six$Modules$ Seven$Modules$
Two 16%
Eight$Modules$ Ten$Modules$
Number of
Modules taken
Frequency
Percent
One Modules
62
41
Two Modules
24
16
Three Modules
13
9
Four Modules
12
8
Five Modules
21
14
Six Modules
10
7
Seven Modules
5
3
Eight Modules
2
1
Ten Modules
1
1
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Solidarity among Students Definitely)
Probably share
33%
Probably)
Definitely share 61%
Probably)not) Definitely)not)
Perception on classmates
share materials when to
Frequency
Percent
Definitely
92
61
Probably
50
33
Probably not
4
3
Definitely not
4
3
absent
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Solidarity among Students 6-‐10 19%
>10 4%
Number of
friends
in the class 1-5 6-10 More than 10 None
Frequency
Percent
72 28 6 44
48 19 4 29
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1"5$
1-‐5 48%
6"10$ More$than$10$ None$
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Solidarity among Students Always helping 15%
Always'helping'
Help sometimes 19%
Helping'most'of'the'3me' Helping'some3mes'
Help most of the time
No'answer'
51%
Perception on
helping out classmates Always helping Helping most of the time Helping sometimes No answer
Frequency
Percent
23 76 28 23
15 51 19 16
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Trust level To#a#very#small#extent#
Very great 15%
To#a#small#extent#
Great extent 40%
Neither 34%
Neither#small#nor#great# extent# A#great#extent# A#very#great#extent#
School Personnel Level of Trust on
To a very small extent To a small extent Neither small nor great extent A great extent A very great extent
Frequency Percent 7 10 51 60 22
5 7 34 40 15
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Trust level Small extent 40%
Very great extent 40%
To#a#very#small#extent# To#a#small#extent#
Great extent 45%
Neither 36%
Neither#small#nor#great# extent# A#great#extent# A#very#great#extent#
Level of Trust on
Classmates To a very small extent To a small extent Neither small nor great extent A great extent A very great extent
Frequency Percent 4 13 54 67 12
3 9 36 45 8
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Trust level No answer 17% Worse 27%
Be#er% Worse% Stayed%the%same%
Same 55%
No%answer%
Perception of
improvement of trust compared to four months ago (classmates) Better Worse Stayed the same No answer
Frequency Percent
1 40 83 26
1 27 55 17
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Intent to Finish Course Least likely 7%
Likely 11%
Unlikely( Least(likely(
More likely 11% Most likely 69%
Intention to finish the diploma course Unlikely Least likely Likely More likely Most likely
Frequency
Percent
3 10 17 16 104
2 7 11 11 69
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Discussion and Conclusions • Review and evaluate its courses and programs’ learner-centeredness since lifelong learners would like to work in groups and collaborate • Review and evaluate the conduct of classes to check if the pedagogy (or andragogy) applied suits the student population SPaCE, De La Salle-‐College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines
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Discussion and Conclusions • Conduct a study that will determine what the industry needs and develop programs that will address them • Develop a marketing plan and program directed at its publics based on the results of the survey
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