Carlo Magno, PhD.

De La Salle University, Manila Lasallian Institute for Development and Educational Research

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

German university system conceived by Wilhelm von Humboldt (1810/1970). Universities should shift from the mere regurgitation of knowledge to promoting independent inquiry and productive thinking among students by involving students in research. Professors are expected to engage in their own research, as they are supposed to serve as models of how to produce knowledge in an intelligent, systematic, and scholarly manner.

Fundamental shift in their institutional focus that made them a strong force in shaping the ideas that built the American nation in the 20th century.

The importance of scientific research are embarked for their nations security

Interplay between universities, government, and industry in the production of knowledge.

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 students Students 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, goaldirected, 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

Our work is evaluated whether we are contributing to theory

Publication

Our work is reviewed by a panel of experts

Public Presentation

Write reports

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):

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

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

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

Discourse Assertivene ss 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
Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries Architecture and Town Planning Business Administration and Related Education Science and Teacher Training Engineering and Tech Fine and Applied Arts General Home Economics Humanities IT-Related Disciplines Law and Jurisprudence Maritime Mass Communication and Documentation Mathematics Medical and Allied Natural Science Other Disciplines

Public
2,801 230 3,255 14,802 3,077 190 2,279 254 1,666 771 397 97 281 799 1,513 1,565 588

Private
402 460 11,589 19,060 6,028 341 7,296 168 3,203 3,468 2,306 963 649 1,070 10,969 1,698 1,521

Total
3,203 690 14,844 33,862 9,105 531 9,575 422 4,869 4,239 2,703 1,060 930 1,869 12,482 3,263 2,109

Religion and Theology

Service Trades Social and Behavioral Sciences Trade, Craft and Industrial

23
21 1,205 70

1,294
174 2,642 40

1,317
195 3,847 110

Total

35,884

75,341

111,225

Top University Rankings (THE, 2012): 1 California Institute of Technology 2 Harvard University 2 Stanford University 4 University of Oxford 5 Princeton University 6 University of Cambridge 7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8 Imperial College London 9 University of Chicago 10 University of California Berkeley United States United States United States United Kingdom United States United Kingdom United States United Kingdom United States United States

None of the Philippine Universities made it in the top 400

Top Universities in Asia (THE, 2011)

30 University of Tokyo Japan 74.3 34 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 72.3 40 National University of Singapore Singapore 70.9 49 Peking University China 65.6 52 Kyoto University Japan 64.8 53 Pohang University of Science and Technology Republic of Korea 64.6 62 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 61.7 71 Tsinghua University China 59.5 94 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Republic of Korea 54.5 108 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan

Top Universities in the Philippines (QS, 2011) 348. University of the Philippines, Diliman 451-500. Ateneo de Manila University 601. De La Salle University, Manila 651. University of Sto. Tomas

Teaching the learning environment (worth 30% of the overall ranking score) Research volume, income and reputation (worth 30%) Citations research influence (worth 30%) Industry income innovation (worth 2.5%) International outlook staff, students and research (worth 7.5%).

Problems: Some universities invest on their athletic teams but not in funding the research of the faculty. No rewards correspond to a facultys 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.

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