Seiichi HIRAKAWAKansai University

Osaka, Japan

Background Purpose Method of this Research Result and Analysis

International Exchange Extension Service

Discussion Conclusion Reference

Philippine ICT Education Support Project (PIESP) Conducted ICT skills training to teachers of

elementary schools （ Three schools, Nine times ）

International Collaborative Project Kansai University(KU) and Bulacan State University(BSU)

conduct this collaboration project

Promoting ICT education in the Philippines

Relationship between KU and BSU Kansai University (KU)

Conducting training Encouraging BSU students to participate

PIESP Bulacan State University (BSU)

Providing manpower (BSU students) Lending equipments Providing accommodation Introducing new target schools

Why did I start this research?There are some previous researches about - Pedagogical importance - Social significanceof PIESP from KU’s view point

　⇒ There are no feedback or academic paper about Philippines’ benefits of participating PIESP

The purpose of this paperTo clarify the BSU students’ merits, such as students’ learning of participating in PIESP. To clarify this because students’ merits can become BSU merits.

TargetsStudents who participated in PIESP in 2010 and 2011. They were all from College of Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and bachelor taking students

MethodsGroup Interview

Five BSU students joined a group interviewQuestionnaire

After the interview, this questionnaire was made based on result of the interview.

Aggregated answers of the questionnaire and divided similar meaningful answers into a same category

Made some categories and put names on each category

After categorized, picked out two key words, “International Exchange” and “Extension Services”, from categories’ names

Extension Service Education policy of Philippine

Mission of BSU「 The University shall provide higher professional, technical and special instruction for special purposes and promote research and extension services, advanced studies and progressive leadership in Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Fishery, Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Law, Medicine, Public Administration, Technical and other fields as may be relevant. (Sec. 2, R.A. 7665). 」

Department Education in the Philippines「 Higher Education Institutions(HEIs) shall be dynamic and conscious in promoting the academic pillars of quality instruction, research and extension service 」

Both institutions encourage extension service outside of

class

International Exchange,Understanding different culture, working experiences

with foreign students, English practice Extension Service,Go outside of class and join a contribution to society

activity such as PIESP and found new learning

They got experience which cannot learn inside of school classes

Participating in PIESPOpportunity to develop themselves

through unusual experience.They can learn some valuable things

which cannot learn inside of class.

This is the merits of students to join PIESP.

Department of Education, Republic of the Philippines. (n.d.). DepED ICT4E Strategic Plan http://www.deped.gov.ph/cpanel/uploads/issuanceImg/Executive%20Summary.pdf

National Information Technology Council, Republic of the Philippines IT21. (October 1997). http://www.neda.gov.ph/IT21/default.htm

Kenichi, K., & Ryota, Y., & Hiroshi, M. (2008). Promoting ICT education in developing countries: Case Study in the Philippine.

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