Taking off from last year’s Program Mapping series, the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Diliman with NSTP Coordinators and Instructors held its first Program Mapping Workshop for the year last February 11, 2019 at the National Engineering Center, UP Diliman. The two group outputs from the last workshop on November 19, 2018 were combined into one NSTP Program Map by NSTP Diliman. This was presented to the assembly at the beginning of the activity by NSTP Director Arlyn P. Macapinlac. With the purpose to review and refine the NSTP Program Map, Prof. Macapinlac led the commencement of the activity. This was followed by the group workshop aimed to polish the program map. During the beginning of the workshop, it was determined that it would be easier to accomplish this goal if done by the whole congregation. The participants then proceeded to break out from their groups to listen to just one facilitator. With the facilitation of Prof. Julienne Baldo-Cubelo, the NSTP Program Map was reviewed item by item, taking note of the words and concepts encapsulated in each row and column. Participation from the audience was lively. Prof. Rosella M. Torrecampo, Director of the Office for the Advancement of Teaching, was also invited to impart her expertise on the OBEdization of the NSTP Program Map. Suggestions and corrections were raised by Prof. Torrecampo on the spot. At the end of the day, the NSTP Program Map was crafted and finished. NSTP Diliman will now be able to continue mapping the NSTP Common Module and NSTP Components: Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS), Literacy Training Service (LTS), and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). These efforts are part of curriculum development of the National Service Training Program in UP Diliman. Coming up next is the NSTP Component Mapping Workshop in March. by Klaribelle Anne B. Languayan
NSTP Common Module
A whole day Outcome-Based Education (OBE) Seminar Workshop was held last 31 August 2018 at the G.E. Theater, College of Engineering, UP Diliman for NSTP instructors from different colleges. NSTP Diliman Director Prof. Arlyn Macapinlac, during her welcome remarks, emphasized the need to continuously improve the existing NSTP Common Module. As the university calls to conform with Outcome-Based Education principles, the NSTP Diliman Office deemed it fit to follow suit. It is directed towards producing an “OBEdized” syllabus. Dr. Amelia Fajardo of the Curriculum Studies Department of the College of Education, UP Diliman, served as the resource person for the seminar-workshop. The following were discussed during the seminar: Differentiation of curriculum from instruction The relationship of curriculum to instruction Three domains of curriculum Bases for the determination of the elements of the curriculum Important features of OBE How to formulate OBE learning objectives Curriculum and instruction were differentiated from each other using the rosary and the puzzle ideology; the rosary as a prescriptive model of curriculum following a specific order of instruction, while the puzzle as a student-based curriculum which reflects that instruction depends upon the player. It was noted that there is no instruction if there is no curriculum, hence, a crafted curriculum is important in order to proceed with standardized instruction. It was also clarified that instruction is not a way of teaching, but a plan which answers to the elements’ learning intent, learning content, teaching strategy, and assessment. From this, Dr. Fajardo shared that curriculum development is defined as a decision-making process on these four elements of the curriculum. Further, factors that influence the curriculum are philosophy of education, socio-cultural context, theories of learning, and the demands of the industry or profession. The afternoon session was continued at the Maynilad Room of the College of Engineering, UP Diliman. Before the workshop proper, Dr. Fajardo lectured on the formulation of OBE objectives and program. The first task of the workshop is to envision the ideal characteristics of the NSTP graduates based on the NSTP program vision, mission, and goals (VMG). Program outcomes, which correspond to the measurable […]