NSTP course highlights (Philippine context)

• urbanization and modernization
• urbanization theories
• urban demography
• urban economy
• urban politics and governance
• urban culture
• urban housing
• urban poverty
• urban pollution
• urban criminality
• urban blight

DS 100 course highlights

Selected dvelopment theories such as:

• Modernization theory
• Neoclassical theory
• Dependency theory
• World systems theory
• Marxist theory
• Postmodern theory
• Feminist theory, etc.
  
  evaluated and applied in the context of the following areas:
  
  
• Economic growth and development
• Development planning
• Labor and employment
• Trade and investment
• Environmental governance
• Combating poverty and promoting equity

DS 126 course highlights

Selected problems and reform initiatives in the:

• Executive and administrative system
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local government
• Electoral system
• Budgeting system
• Education system
• Defense
• Civil society

DS 112 course highlights

• Political economy of North-South divide
• Political economy of community organizing in the developing region
• Political economy of poverty and underdevelopment
• Political economy of disaster
• Political economy of population and migration

DS advising

• Nov 3 (W) Ponsaran
  
• Nov 4 (Th) Simbulan
  
• Nov 5 (F) Arcilla
  

interesting ideas

• hidden victim
• trained incapacity
• policy entrepreneur
• ethnoscape
• intellectual terrorist
• sign value
• social clock
• health consumers
• catastrophizing
• awfulizing
• over-attribution
• infant euthanasia
• deterritorialization
• negative rights
• positive rights
• Depression economics
• gerontic dependents
• neontic dependents
• caring trap
• intertextuality
• global fishbowl

random inputs

• Development administration = orchestrating the economic, political, and social affairs of the state for a national development that is sustainable and human development that is equitable (Mr. Robert Wycen Cruz, Presidential Management Staff)
  
  
• Critical Sociology = focuses on the emancipatory interest. It seeks to study and reveal the asymmetrical relationship of power and aids the research subjects conjure ways for liberation from unequal relationships (Prof. Erle Frayne Argonza)
  
  
• Educational Sociology = explains the formal socialization process that a society carries out in preparing its youth for adult life. This process includes inculcating the young with appropriate knowledge and skills that will enable them to engage in a profession or occupation. And that will enable them to perform their political roles and contribute to the preservation of their society's stability and security. Educational Sociology also explains how this teaching and learning porcess affects the thoughts, feelings and actions of all people involved in it (Prof. Elisela Vitriolo)
  

Terrorism

http://www.iss.co.za/pubs/monographs/no63/Chap1.html

Update

• Semestral break. Ako ang unang nagkapagbakasyon : )
• Pahinga rin muna sa pagsusulat sa Taliba, Remate Tonight, at Student Digest.
• Nag-a-update ng reading lists at nag-iisip ng course highlights at ibang learning/teaching methodologies para sa bawat asignatura sa susunod na semestre.
• Naghahanda para sa maikling bakasyon namin ni misis sa Singapore at Malaysia.
• Nagtatanim ng mga dagdag na gulay na bumabaging. Huwag sana salantain ng mga darating na bagyo.

Ponsaran's academic loading next sem

• DS 100 (Development Theories) MTh 8:30-10 AM
• DS 126 (Governance & Dev't) MTh 11:30-1:00
• DS 123 (Health, Culture & Society) MTh 1:00-2:30 PM

• Econ 116 (Asian Economies) TF 11:30-1
• DS 112 (Third World Studies) TF 1-2:30

• DS 112 (Third World Studies) W 9-12 AM
• NSTP (Social Change and Dev't) W 1-4 PM

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Class card distribution

• NSTP - Oct 8 (F)
• Econ 115 - Oct 8
• DS 126 - Oct 8
• DS 123 - Oct 8
• DS 127 - Oct 6 (W)
  
  Please submit your class cards.
  To be collected by:
  Ms. Balingit (NSTP)
  Ms. Villaceran (Econ 115)
  Ms. Villaceran (DS 126)
  Ms. Villaceran (DS 123)
  Ms. Garcia (DS 127)
  Kindly place them atop my DSS cubicle.
  

Oct 5-6

• NSTP - no session
• Econ 115 - no session
• DS 126 - tabular matrix display - X vs. Y (vs. Z)
• DS 123 - pre-final exam (topic: health social sciences) look for your own set of readings
• DS 127 - exam by elimination (7 am sharp), AVP final viewing, distribution of class cards, orientation in DS 112

Oct 1 (Fri)

• NSTP - panel discussion (pampulitikang ekonomya ng pangisdaan sa Pilipinas);
  continuation of newscasting
  
• Econ 115 - graded recitation and discussion on job search 101
  
• DS 126 - panel discussion on torture
  
• DS 123 - show and tell (health-related)
  

Sept 28 (Tuesday)

• NSTP - sharing of insights from the "Story of Stuff" (watch it online)
  
• Econ 115 - long exam (coverage: The Economist glossary M-O)
• DS 126 - long exam (coverage: Ponsaran's compiled articles)
• DS 123 - AVP viewing on health and society (RH 313)
  

Sept 24

• NSTP - long exam (coverage: compiled articles of Ponsaran); submission of the individual booklet output, and group poster and slogan vs. education budget cut
  
• Econ 116 - continuation of individual report; long exam (coverage: exhibit write-ups)
• DS 126 - no session
• DS 123 - no session
  

Agenda Sept 21-22

• NSTP - continuation Philippine labor situationer; long exam
  
• Econ 115 - eksibit ukol sa pampulitikal ekonomya ng mga produktong rural
  
• DS 126 - graded recitation on The Military in Philippine Politics: Retrospect and Prospects (C. Hernandez)
  
• DS 123 - ergonomic tips (individual)
  
• DS 127 - face-off (white revolution, nutritionism, zoological garden, sachet phenomenon, ecofeminism, deep ecology, Farmville and Plants vs. Zombies phenomenon)
  -AVP screening
  -long test (Ibon's Gawaing pampropaganda, Segovia's eco-glossary P-T, Ponsaran's Taliba and Remate Tonight articles, etc.)
  -submission of the infoload on life sciences industry, seeds industry, magnetite mining industry, wildlife trade industry, and toy industry in the context of environmental health end ecological integrity
  

Sept 14, 15

• NSTP - Sabayang pagbigkas (Kung tuyo na ang luha mo aking bayan ni Amado V. Hernandez; Republikang basahan ni Teodoro Agoncillo); bookmark assignment
• Econ 115 - Pre-final examination (coverage: The Economist glossary P-Z); submission of the Econ 115 exhibit write-up (individual)
• DS 126 - Exhibit on politics and society
• DS 123 - Continuation of the sharing on risk society; submission of health advisory on geriatric and pediatric care (optional)
• DS 127 - Trade expo (bamboo, coconut, malunggay and neem tree)
  
  Everyone is enjoined to attend the DS 126 exhibit on September 14 (Tuesday) at GAB 303 from 11:50 AM to 12:50 PM (duration: 1 hour only).

September 7-8

• NSTP - Sabayang pagbigkas; pasahan ng comic strip (cultural imperialism)
• Econ 115 - Indibidwal na pag-uulat (huling pagkakataon at pumasok ng maaga)
• DS 126 - Mahabang pagsusulit ukol sa inyong indibidwal na paksa para sa eksibit (Ang ibig sabihin nito ay magbasa para sa dagdag na kaalaman.)
• DS 123 - Pagpapatuloy ng bahaginan ukol sa risk society; pasahan ng health advisory ukol sa geriatric care
• DS 127 - 2nd screening ng AVP at mahabang pagsusulit sa diksyunaryo ukol sa mga krisis pangkalikasan ni Propesor Segovia (A-O) kasama ang Gabay sa Gawaing Propaganda ng Ibon
  
  PAKIUSAP: Ipagbigay-alam sa iba.
  
  

Paalala

Sa Setyembre 14 (Martes) natin itutuloy ang eksibit para sa DS 126 . Walang klase sa Setyembre 10.