First two days of the Conference: A Wrap Up

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It's my first time to attend an international conference. I am happy beacuse I was able to attend, and present my research paper in a form of a poster. I have set so much expectations that's why when during the opening technical problems (sound system) cropped up, I was disappointed.

With the many dignitaries who spoke during the first day, only the following persons left marks for quite a number of reasons:

DR. SERGIO S. CAO, UP Chancellor. His welcome remarks were tantamount to a keynote speech. He is a mathematician who redesigned himself as a financial analyst.

DR. JESLI A. LAPUZ, DepEd Secretary. My impression about this man really changed a lot. He is spontaneous. Talked with a lot of sense even if it was done impromptu.

DR. PETER FENSHAM, Emeritus Professor at Monash University in Victoria, Australia. He enlightened me more on the impact on science education of various policies. He presented various areas for research in science education. Some presented naiveties of science education reserach were curriculum development, generalizability of research and contested nature of science curriculum. Comment: It could have been a better presentation if he could be heard more (sound system problem).

DR. FREDRICK LEUNG, University of Hongkong. His expose on the seemingly paradox on high achievement of East Asian countries in math and science TIMMS and PISA tests visavis students' negative attitudes toward these subjects stirred a lot curiousity among the participants. With such interest, he was able to win the audience. Presentation was indeed of the international standards and quality. Sooo informative!

DR. CHEAH UI HOCK, RECSAM, Penang, Malaysia. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

DR. BILL ATWEH, Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. Very comical. Energetic.

DR. YEAP BAN HAR, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Comparable with Dr. Leung. I felt belittled by the kind of mathematical problems solved by their 6th graders in Singapore and yet the problem was just 'average.' High calibered-presentor.

PAPER PRESENTORS:

Marmon Pagunsan's presentation about e-learning in Oman got most of my attention. But I participated most in NISMEDs proposed framework for science education.

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