In Search of the Light

Hello! I'm back with my *supposedly* weekly reflection on my online course What Future For Education offered by the University of London through Coursera. Every week, we are tasked to answer some guide questions for our reflection, so here it goes. Week 3 Journal Entry: Reflect back on the teachers you considered in the first reflection task at the start of this week. (The task we had at the start of the week is to reflect on our memory about a teacher that stood out as a “good teacher”) Reconsider what it was about them that made you consider them to be so good. Would others that were taught by them have the same conclusions? I studied Physics when I was in college in the University of the Philippines Los Baños and there are few professors that come to mind when I think of what a good teacher is. They include Dr. Anthony Villanueva (modern physics and mathematical physics), Dr. Eduardo Cuansing (electromagnetic theory and molecular dynamics), and Dr. Allan Padama (qua...

Hi! I am writing this as part of my requirements for my online course entitled "What Future for Education?" offered by the University of London in Coursera. For the 2nd week, we are asked to reflect on how we are assessed academically and how we assess ourselves as learners. We should answer the following questions: During your own education, how has your "intelligence" been assessed? How has this affected the educational opportunities you have been given? What judgments have people made about you that have been affected by an assessment of your "intelligence"? Do you consider yourself to be a "learner"? Why? I have spent the last 19 years of my life in continuous education. For the most part, intelligence was measured through quizzes, exams, and projects. During elementary, I had been an outstanding student, always one of the top performers in the class. I was often a placer in our math, science, and spelling bee. In high school, my mo...

Hello! I'm writing this as part of my requirement for an online course entitled "What future for education?" offered by the University of London in Coursera. From the description, it aims to examine one's own thoughts about education, teaching, and learning. If you want to know more of the course, you may proceed here . Every week we are tasked to write on a blog/journal of our reflection on the videos and readings that were assigned to us. For week 1, the particular question that we need to answer is this: Based on your experience as a learner, what do you think you will be able to get out of this course? And what ideas do you already have about the future of education? Well, I expect to have an in-depth understanding of how one’s improved way of learning can grow and have an impact in the society. By “improved way of learning” I mean being able to discover tools of learning for oneself and reflect which works best. More important than how the teacher deliv...