Carlo Magno, PhD.De La Salle UniversityCounseling and Educational Psychology Department

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects.

derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning "community of teachers and scholars”

The University of Paris (c. 1150, later associated with the Sorbonne), the University of Oxford (1167), the University of Palencia (1208), the University of Cambridge (1209)

Goal: Form scholars

CHED RA 7722:Ensure and protect academic freedom for

the continuing intellectual growth, the advancement of learning and research, the development of responsible and

effective leadership, the education of high level professionals,

and the enrichment of historical and cultural

heritage.

Medium Term Development Plan: mobilizing knowledge to improve

productivity through generation, transfer and utilization of research outputs/technologies

Teaching: Scholarly inquiry by faculty and students

Tradition of Publication

Competencies of Students: Scientific thinking

Expectations from the faculty

Scholarly inquiry by faculty and studentsStudents do not depend on their

teachers to learn information, but they need to generate their own knowledge.

Teacher provide tools and methods for students to learn and students in turn use these tools to become independent learners.

Students become self-regulated

Students are self-regulated when they are: autonomous who control,

monitor, direct, and regulate their actions.

displaying motivation, goal-directed, and controlling their action.

Acquiring and judiciously apply positive learning strategies

Scholarly inquiry: Use the latest research findings to

explain various phenomenon Engage in a discussion of the latest

development in the field Predict and generate the next step

to theorizing

How do we facilitate scholarly inquiry? Access to scholarly

information like journals and published studies.

The courses are geared to equip students understand the content of scholarly journals▪ Statistics▪ Research methods▪ Theory courses

Publication

Public Presentation

Write reports

Our work is reviewed by a

panel of experts

Our work is evaluated whether we are

contributing to theory

Levels of Publication

ISI abstracted Journals

Abstracted journal

International Journal

Local journal

Conference proceeding

In house publication

Requirements Appreciation, value, and utility of producing

scholarly work Recognize the work devoted in developing and

publishing a paper Faculty as good role models in producing

publications

Competencies being developed are geared in the pursuit of lifelong learning.

If we are in a research university students should develop scientific thinking (Magno, 2010). systematically exploring

the environment, constructing models as a

basis for understanding the evidence of it, and

revising those models as new evidence is generated

Scientific thinking involves (Magno, 2010):

Practical inclination - scientific thinking in ordinary living such as everyday reasoning, and math applications

Analytical interest - discover knowledge, and such thinking deals with concepts, hypotheses and theories, and abstractions

Intellectual Independence - the ability of a learner to make knowledge claims independent of the traditional authorities of the teacher and textbook

Discourse Assertiveness – building arguments and critical thinking

If we want to create a scholarly culture in a university, then we need to develop a thinking that allows practical inclination, analytical interest, intellectual independence, and discourse assertiveness.

The work of a higher education faculty should not be defined by their teaching load!!!

Proportional amount of work is given for teaching, research, and professional practice.

Recognize the diversity of work styles that characterizes an active faculty in pursuit of a creative work.

Produce publications, and profess the ideas published.

Discipline Public Private Total

Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries 2,801 402 3,203

Architecture and Town Planning 230 460 690

Business Administration and Related 3,255 11,589 14,844

Education Science and Teacher Training 14,802 19,060 33,862

Engineering and Tech 3,077 6,028 9,105

Fine and Applied Arts 190 341 531

General 2,279 7,296 9,575

Home Economics 254 168 422

Humanities 1,666 3,203 4,869

IT-Related Disciplines 771 3,468 4,239

Law and Jurisprudence 397 2,306 2,703

Maritime 97 963 1,060

Mass Communication and Documentation 281 649 930

Mathematics 799 1,070 1,869

Medical and Allied 1,513 10,969 12,482

Natural Science 1,565 1,698 3,263

Other Disciplines 588 1,521 2,109

Religion and Theology 23 1,294 1,317

Service Trades 21 174 195

Social and Behavioral Sciences 1,205 2,642 3,847

Trade, Craft and Industrial 70 40 110

Total 35,884 75,341 111,225

Top University Rankings:1. HARVARD University United States 2. University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom 3. YALE University United States 4. UCL (University College London) United Kingdom 5. IMPERIAL College London United Kingdom 6. University of OXFORD United Kingdom 7. University of CHICAGO United States 8. PRINCETON University United States 9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (m... United

States 10. California Institute of Technology (calt... United States

None of the Philippine Universities made it in the top 200

Top Asian Universities (in terms of citation)

167. University of the Philippines, Diliman302. De La Salle University313. Saint Louis University314. Ateneo de Manila University340. Silman University344. University of San Carlos360. Universoty of Sto. Tomas364. Mindanao State University371. Mapua Institute of Technology372. Universoty of Southeastern Philippines375. Central Mindanao University

Problems: Some universities invest on their athletic teams but not in

funding the research of the faculty. No rewards correspond to a faculty’s publication. No time is given for a faculty to do research Teaching load is structured within a semester where a faculty

rarely has time to go out for field work.

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We still need to acknowledge and create a system in the Philippine Universities that would allow the faculty and students to do research.

Needs to recognize that both teaching and research should go together