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| Personal Name | Arzadon, Maria Mercedes E. |
|---|---|
| Resource Title | Policy enactment in MTB-MLE big book making among teachers in Buguias, Benguet |
| Date Issued | January 2021 |
| Abstract | This ethnographic research, informed by Anthropology and Sociology of Educational Policy, examines the policy enactment in the MTB-MLE big book making among teachers in Buguias, Benguet. Policy enactment is the complex way policies are perceived and interpreted alongside/against contextual factors by various actors. The research setting is the school district of Buguias, Benguet, known to have produced more than 300 big book stories. Data collection and validation were undertaken from September 2018 to April 2020. The study utilized various data elicitation strategies of ethnography like participant observation, class observation, interviews, document, and artifact analysis. The findings of the study reveal that the local policy actors translated the MTB-MLE policy into a localized book supply chain that generated the big books for the MTB-MLE program in Buguias. Secondly, the policy was enacted through contextualization practices that created stories about the place, cultural values, and environmental concerns. And thirdly, the policy was translated as a literacy instruction approach called ANIDUT. This approach utilizes a locally made Kankanaey primer, standardized and intellectualized academic register of the local language, a set of big books, and ways that made reading a positive experience. Fulfilling the roles of policy actors were the teachers, school heads, supervisors, illustrators, digital printing shop operators, language experts, and the big book (as a non-human actor). Being policy entrepreneurs and enthusiasts, the teachers developed expertise as teacher- writers, teacher-ethnographers, and teacher as MTB-MLE literacy leaders. The big book makers were motivated in various ways -- to provide a child-friendly learning experience, fulfill the expectations of an MTB-MLE pilot school, become counted in a collective effort of big book making, and earn merits for career advancement. The agency of the big book as a policy actant became apparent as it heigh |
| Degree Course | Doctor of Philosophy in Education (Anthropology and Sociology of Education) |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Native language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Philippines -- Buguias (Benguet), Native language and education -- Philippines -- Buguias (Benguet), Language policy -- Philippines -- Buguias (Benguet), Teachers -- In-service training -- Philippines -- Buguias (Benguet), Children's books, Philippine, Big books (Children's books) |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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