Dear PNoy: An education wishlist

by Rappler.com Posted on 03/15/2014 8:22 AM |Updated 03/15/2014 9:19 PM

WISHLIST. Protest groups call on President Aquino to act on education issues one year after Kristel Tejada's death. Photo by Thomas Benjamin Roca

MANILA, Philippines Students and teachers on Friday, March 14, commemmorated the first death anniversary of University of the Philippines (UP) student Kristel Tejada by organizing a rally at the Mendiola Peace Bridge and presenting a list of needed reforms in the higher education sector.

Tejada, a behavioral science freshman in UP Manila, committed suicide on March 15, 2013, allegedly after being forced to file a leave of absence (LOA) for missing the payments for her tuition loans more than once. (READ: Remembering Kristel)

Through a memorandum, they called on President Benigno Aquino III to act on the following education issues:

At the height of public outrage over Tejada's death, the UP Manila administration said it did everything to help Tejada. The constituent unit also lifted the "no late payment" policy 4 days after her death. (READ: UP Manila suspends 'no late payment policy')

Her death sparked more debates on policy issues concerning the affordability of higher education in UP.

The controversial Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP) also went under review and reform, but UP President Alfredo Pascual denied the process was a reaction to the suicide incident.

Leaders of other groups also signed the memorandum, including those from the National Union of Students of the Philippines, Kabataan Partylist, Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP and Alliance of Concerned Teachers Partylist. with reports from April Anne Benjamin and Kiersnerr Gerwin Tacadena/Rappler.com

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Science fair helps students build ideas, research

Science Fair Winners

Winners of the Central Regional Science Fair advance to the state competition April 11 at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Hub Territory finalists were:

High school:

First Jackson VanLaningham, Wilcox-Hildreth.

Middle school:

Second Jessica Ramsey, Wilcox-Hildreth.

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Science fair helps students build ideas, research Hub Staff Kearney Hub

KEARNEY Nearly 100 high school and middle school students competed Tuesday in the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences Central Regional Science Fair sponsored by the Department of Physics and Physical Sciences at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Students submitted projects in 13 categories: behavioral and social sciences, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, consumer science, earth and space sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, mathematics and computer science, medicine and health, microbiology, physics, and zoology.

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The connected car experience continues to fall short

Editors note: this post originally appeared on Roger Chens blog, Beyond the bell curve. It is reposted here with permission.

Theres been a lot of buzz about the connected car recently. Thats nothing new, but it feels a little more serious this time around. The discussion has become more sophisticated, driven by the ongoing maturation of smartphones and device connectivity. My reason for interest in the connected car remains a rather simple one: cars arent going away. Smartphones arent either. And people will only use information technology more and more going forward. Yup, more selfies and snaps behind a steering wheel (I feel myself getting angry already).

A lot of discussion has centered on how the connected car will evolve. How heavily will car makers lean on third-party platforms like Android or iOS? How will car companies facilitate third-party integration? How much do they want to do on their own? What about cross-brand functionality? What standards will have to be in place? Whos going to set them the automotive industry or the government? Given the plethora of existing content and legitimate uncertainty about the answers, I dont want to focus on those issues here. Instead, allow me to dive into how drivers will interact with the connected car. Sure, people have discussed this as well, but there is a critical point that most seem to overlook: the winning connected car experience will be the safest connected car experience, hands down.

With all the buzz around contextual awareness these days, its fascinating to me that the car is perhaps the perfect proving ground for a contextually aware future because if it isnt done right, people will die. Its that consequence that has led me to stress the importance of safety. No one will use a system no matter how delightful the experience is if people die from it.

At this point, many would cite the advent of voice technologies as a clear-cut solution to this problem.Here, I would like to debunk that notion and show that we are still far from seeing the right connected car experience. There are both neurological and social reasons why.One studyhas shown that humans have limited mental resources to allocate across the different parts of the brain. Effectively, this means that simultaneously performing different actions like driving and listening make us worse at both. To prove this,fMRIimages were taken as test subjects underwent driving simulations. They showed that brain activity associated with visual information processing decreased as brain activity related to speech processing picked up when listening to auditory stimuli. Not a huge surprise, right? However,the biggest implication of this for the connected car is that hands-free voice technology alone does not ensure safer driving, contrary to common assumption.

Biological limitations arent the only factor, though. Social dynamics play a huge role as well. When talking over mobile, hands-free or not, a driver might be hesitant to seem silent out of fear of being rude, so he or she tries to pay attention. Meanwhile, when its a passenger speaking to the driver, that passenger often knows when the driver needs to focus on the road, and, well, shuts up at the appropriate moments. In fact, several studies have now empirically shown that hands-free voice has not been any safer than using a cell phone. You can find a World Health Organization studyhereand a National Safety Council studyhere.

So what does this all mean? Im definitely not saying that hands-free voice technology wont be a major part of the future connected car, but we will need to start crafting user experience (UX) with much more emphasis on the behavioral science and even neuroscience of driving. If you think youre close to figuring things out, I would love to talk.

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Students off to state science fair

Five Payson students will represent the school district at the Arizona State Science and Engineering Fair, March 31 through April 2 at the Phoenix Convention Center.

Carm Locke, a Rim Country Middle School (RCMS) science teacher, said 11 students from Rim Country schools were chosen to participate in the state competition after winning the Gila County Regional Science Fair.

Seven schools participated in the Feb. 26 county fair in Miami Payson, Globe, Tonto Basin, Young, Hayden-Winkelman, San Carlos, and Pine-Strawberry, said Holly Sow of the Gila County Superintendents Office.

Projects were required to meet specific criteria in order to win first, said Sow. In all we had 95 projects from 127 students.

A panel of distinguished judges, had to narrow the field to the 11 winners, said Sow.

Locke was thrilled with the results.

Forty students, grade 6-12 scored placements at the local science fair to compete at the county this year, said Locke of the Payson students.

Sow said, Our judges were great and really put in a lot of time. All students will be receiving the written feedback from the judges next week.

The 11 who won can modify their projects according to the judges recommendations prior to competing on the state level.

Each student in the county science fair had to pass a district level science fair first.

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Boulder Valley announces science fair winners

The following are the award winners from Boulder Valley's Feb. 27 Corden Pharma Colorado Regional Science Fair:

Corden Pharma Colorado Junior Cup Award went to Fiona Anderson at Summit Middle School.

The Corden Pharma Colorado Best of Show Award went to Hope Weinstein and Logan Collins at Fairview High School.

International Science and Engineering Fair qualifiers are Weinstein, Collins and Jesse Zhang, all from Fairview High School.

The junior level Colorado Science and Engineering Fair qualifiers are Katie Krueger and Diego Olaya at Peak to Peak and Fiona Anderson, Andrea Lin, Kyra Leland, Stephanie Zhang, Amrita Purkayastha, Joshua Kim, Mannon Frykholm, and Beatriz Kuperus at Summit

The senior level Colorado Science and Engineering Fair qualifiers are Zachary Wilson of Broomfield High and Hope Weinstein, Logan Collins, Jesse Zhang, Jaimie Zhu, Audrey Randall, Jonathan Snedeker, Maya Frost-Belansky, Lawrence Zhang and Casey Zhang of Fairview High.

The following are senior level category winners:

In animal and plant sciences, from first to third place, are Ari Groobman at Fairview, Sean Holt at Fairview and Raina Galbiati at New Vista.

In behavioral and social sciences, from first to third place, are Maya Frost-Belansky at Fairview, Caitlin Laber at Fairview and Megan Fraser, Mary Stone-Murphy and Nicole Barbour at Monarch.

In chemistry, from first to third place, are Jaimie Zhu at Fairview, Gillian Kopp at Boulder and Andy Yan at Fairview.

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Science students headed to state

Corsicana Its on to state competition for 10 science students following a successful showing in Waco.

Nineteen students from 6th and 7th grade at CISD competed in the Junior Division of the Central Texas Science and Engineering Fair in Waco on Feb. 25 and 26.

Several students placed in category, including Kayla Rozell, Animal Science, 3rd place; Claire Johnson, Behavioral & Social Sciences, 1st place; Anna Abbe, Earth & Planetary Science, 1st place; Elizabeth Fitzhugh, Engineering Materials and Bioengineering, 2nd place; Catherine Monk, Energy & Transportation, Honorable Mention; Caden Reed, Mathematical Sciences, 1st place; J.R. Reynolds, Medicine & Health Sciences, Honorable Mention, Jacob Wallen, Medicine & Health Sciences, 3rd place; and Joshua Monroy, Medicine & Health Sciences, 2nd place; Katie Whearley, Microbiology, 2nd place; Brian Johnson, Physics & Astronomy, Honorable Mention; Cade Johnson, Physics & Astronomy, 1st place; Chasyn Andrews, Plant Sciences, 3rd place; Claire Johnson, Overall Junior Division, 2nd place.

Other students representing CISD include Jennifer Dickerson, Peyton Duncan, Skylar Dutton, Jacob Lopez, Treyson Prevost, and Valerie Rodriguez.

Our teachers and students spend months preparing science fair projects for competition, said Adan Casas, principal at Drane Intermediate School. I am very pleased that we had good representation at the regional fair. Our next stop will be the state competition in San Antonio.

All the students did a great job and we are very proud of them, said Wendy Steele, Drane Science teacher and coordinator of the science fair.

Other teachers involved in preparing students for the science fair include: Paula Carrico, Martha Hartley, JP Johnson, Wendy Steele, Gena Lopez(aide), and Jennifer Sutton (Collins).

The Central Texas Science and Engineering Fair (CTSEF), in association with Science Service, is a non-profit organization. Its purpose is to promote interest and expertise in science and engineering among school students in a 13-county region. The CTSEF encourages and inspires students to explore and investigate their world through hands-on research. After conducting research, students present their findings in three-dimensional exhibits that are evaluated by scientists and educators. Students acquire useful scientific knowledge as well as develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that will help them now and in the future. At the competitions, students have the opportunity to meet students from other schools, exchange ideas, and demonstrate the results of their research. Winners qualify to advance to state and international competitions. The CTSEF is held each spring on the TSTC Campus in Waco.

Students receiving first through third recognition in their category will go on to compete at the state level in San Antonio on March 20-23.

Participating in the state competition will be Joshua Monroy, Chasyn Andrews, Jacob Wallen, Cade Johnson, Anna Abbe, Claire Johnson, Elizabeth Fitzhugh, Katie Whearley, Kayla Rozelle from Drane Intermediate School, and Caden Reed from Collins Middle School.

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Priviteras wins honor for research textbook

By Julia Mericle

Contributing Writer

Gregory Privitera, associate professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure University, was recently named 2014s Most Promising New Textbook Award for his textbook titled, Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences.

The Text and Academic Authors Association, a not-for-profit national organization that collects the best textbooks from publishers across the country, presents the award annually.

Awards are presented in several categories, including all first-edition books in the behavioral sciences, which Priviteras textbook was nominated for.

The idea of the book is that it is research methods for researchers who do studies on human behavior, Privitera said.

Although it was written with psychology and behavioral science fields in mind, the book has branched out to other academic areas including sociology, economics and business as well, according to Privitera.

Privitera said the honor was a surprise and a humbling experience.

Seven years ago when I signed my first book contract, winning book awards wasnt on my mind, Privitera said, I was just thinking that publishing a book would be the most amazing experience in the world.

Taylor Phillips, a senior psychology major, said she recognizes Priviteras ability to help his students succeed.

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Did Humans Evolve On The Savanna? The Debate Heats Up

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"Without original research or new data, Dominguez-Rodrigo attempts to resurrect 'the spirit of the old savanna hypothesis' via word games and revisionist history ... This attempted resurrection of an obsolete mind-set will stand as a monument to futility. paleoanthropologist Tim White, in response to prehistorian M. Dominguez-Rodrigo's article on the savanna hypothesis of human evolution, in the February 2014 Current Anthropology.

"By denying [the] evidence [for the savanna hypothesis], White exemplifies perfectly Kuhn's idea that when a paradigm is assaulted, supporters of the old guard remain intentionally blind to the mounting evidence or selectively utilize data in order to resist change."

Dominguez-Rodrigo's reply to White's critique.

In a word, wow.

By the standards of discussion these days on blogs and discussion boards, this exchange may seem relatively mild. But it's acidic stuff for a peer-reviewed science article, even in the contested arena of human-evolution research. When I read Dominguez-Rodrigo's article and White's reply last week, I wondered, is this sort of exchange good for science?

I find journals like Current Anthropology and Behavioral and Brain Sciences both fun and informative because they publish, at the conclusion of their main articles, a set of response commentaries by experts on the topic. The immediate payoff of reading these multiple perspectives is an extra level of engagement and critical thinking on my part. I love it too when these exchanges get a little heated. Vigorous debate is a vital avenue toward deeper understanding of the issues, and may spur new hypothesis-testing.

But should there be some boundaries? Should we strive for the high road in terms of civility in peer-reviewed publications?

I say "yes" to both questions. To me, the printed Dominguez-Rodrigo and White exchange doesn't do science any favors. (The full exchange is much longer than the quotes that I selected from the article.)

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NSF Cancels Political Science Funding

The move is said to be an attempt to dodge restrictions set by Congress

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Political scientists are usually busy in early August, polishing proposals for grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). But not this year.

Less than one month before an annual mid-August application deadline, the funding agency has scrapped new political-science funding for the rest of 2013. The NSF declines to explain its reasons for eliminating the grant call, one of two that typically take place each year. But leaders in the field are blaming Congress, which on 21 March passed a bill requiring that NSF-funded political-science research benefit either national security or economic interests.

Its hard to imagine that its not a factor in the decision, says Michael Brintnall, executive director of the American Political Science Association in Washington DC, who describes the funding cut as troubling. Brintnall says that the NSF notified him about the cancelation on 25 July. Other calls for funding in the NSF division of social, behavioral and economic sciences which includes political science are continuing as usual.

The NSFs decision removes one of the main financial lifelines for political-science research. This is somewhere between devastating and crippling, says Henry Farrell, a political scientist at George Washington University in Washington DC and an author of the Monkey Cage, a widely read political-science blog. But Farrell blames the political climate rather than the funding agency for the cut. The NSF is in an extremely awkward situation, he says.

The requirements for NSF political-science spending came during eleventh-hour negotiations for the 2013 omnibus spending bill. Some of the laws language, proposed by Senator Tom Coburn (Republican, Oklahoma), prevents the NSF from wasting federal resources on political science projects, unless the NSF Director certifies projects are vital to national security or the economic interests of the country.

Since then, NSF officials have struggled to translate that language into rules for evaluating grant proposals and spending its roughly $10-million budget for political science. On 7 June, the agency said that peer-review panels would take into account the extra requirements in their evaluation of grant proposals. But the cancelation of the August funding call suggests that the agency buckled under the uncertainty of how to interpret the law's stipulations, says John Aldrich,a political scientist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

John Hart, a spokesman for Coburn, says that he is uncertain whether Coburns efforts can be linked to the NSFs decision. But Coburn has vocally supported getting rid of political-science funding altogether. On its website, the NSF cites budget uncertainties as the reason behind its decision. NSF spokeswoman Deborah Wing declined Nature's request to interview Brian Humes, a political-science program director, and she would not answer questions about the cancelled grant cycle.

The agencys website says that it will hold its call for political-science proposals in January as usual. Aldrichsays that this suggests that the funding shutdown is a response to the Congressional requirements, which are set to expire on 30 September the end of the 2013 fiscal year. Avoiding the August funding round may be a strategic move by Humes to see whether the constraints disappear when the next spending bill is passed, says Aldrich. If he can save the money and spend it later when theres more clarity, that would be helpful, Aldrich says.

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Kudos & Kindness: Science club members did a great job

Big thanks to the Science Club of our own Lake Tahoe Community College for sending three of its young, energetic members to my kindergarten classroom! Mike Mancillas, William Chen and John Serenio taught a science lesson on the Water Cycle and states of matter to my kindergarten class at Bijou Community School on Thursday. Not only did they impart their science knowledge to my students well, they did it using very age-appropriate methods. All three young men were wonderful role models for my students by generating excitement about science while setting high academic and behavioral expectations. They are looking forward to presenting in any other classroom in this school district, and if you are a teacher I would highly recommend this experience for your own classroom.

Laura Chappel

Kindergarten teacher

Bijou Community School

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St. Jude students to participate in PJAS competition

Thirty-three seventh- and eighth-grade students from St. Jude School, Mountain Top, will participate in the upcoming regional level of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science competition to be held at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre. Students have prepared projects in the areas of behavioral science, chemistry, botany, biology, physics and computer science. An awards banquet will be held after the competition. All students earning a first-place rating will advance to the state finals at the Penn State Main Campus on May 18. Participants, from left, first row, are Adam Mahler, Patrick Curley, Matthew Hayden, Bryce Zapusek, Sean Murphy, George Strish, Ethan Hoda, Christopher Gibbons and Matthew DiGangi. Second row: Valerie Soto, Annie Hagenbuch, Gabbi Frask, Makenzie Savner, Lizzy Kolojejchick, Grace Dacey, Madison Stoltz, Taylor Josefowicz, McKaylia Ward, Emily Thomas and Morghan Murphy. Third row: Devyn Boich, Kaylee Kotsko, Maria Strish, Alyson Rymar, Dominic Capaci, Ben Koshinski, Yosi Bere, Sean Wills, Nicholas Ganter, Brianna Phillips, Christopher Kocon, Molly McAndrew and Katie Wills.

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Results of the 2014 Valero & Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Regional Science Fair

The results for the 2014 Valero & Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Regional Science Fair named a few students from surrounding school districts as those who will be advancing to the state level.

The regional science fair took place on February 20-21 at the American Bank Center. It is open to students between grades kindergarten through 12th grade and whose science fair projects have been selected for advancement to the regional science fair.

Students who participated were up against several other county areas including Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio.

The students who advanced will be making their way to the ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair in San Antonio on March 20 through March 23.

In kinder in the physical science category, first place went to William McCall from Calallen Independent School District, second place went to Alexis Farias from the Alice Independent School District and third place went to Evan Hinojosa from the Robstown Independent School District. In the life science category third place went to Lilian Paniagua, Tuloso-Midway Independent School District.

In third grade in the physical science category, third place went to Taylor Grant from Calallen Isd and in the life science category, second place went to team Allison Flower and Ashley Flower from TM ISD.

In fourth grade in the life science category first place went to Addie Lamontagne from TM ISD, second place went to Rubena Casas from Calallen ISD and third place went to Joeli Robledo from Robstown ISD. In fifth grade in the physical science, third place went to JoAnn Robledo from TM ISD.

The Junior/Senior Divisions was made up from grades sixth to twelfth. In the Behavioral and Social Science category, second place went to Nicholas Coleman from Alice ISD.

In the Chemistry-Biochemistry category, second place went to Austin Sannes from Calallen ISD. In the Earth Science category, first place went to Avery Lopez and second place went to Jesaiah Torres both from Alice ISD. In the Plant Sciences category, second place went to Caitlin Sannes from Calallen ISD.

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Elements Behavioral Health Experts Speak at BFI Summit for Clinical Excellence in Chicago

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 27, 2014

From March 6 through 8, renowned nutrition expert Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP and internationally recognized trauma specialist Christine Courtois, PhD, will join more than a dozen leading behavioral health experts in Chicago for The Ben Franklin Institutes Summit for Clinical Excellence. Themed Freud Meets Buddha: Mindfulness, Trauma and Process Addictions, the conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza Hotel.

Dr. Peeke, Senior Science Advisor for Elements Behavioral Health and the creator of innovative healthy lifestyle and nutrition programs for addiction recovery at Lucida Treatment Center and Promises Malibu, will present Slipping Into Your Genes: How the Science of Epigenetics Will Reshape Your Mind and Body, on March 6 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The keynote address explores the complex interactions between DNA, genes, lifestyle, environment, nutrition and mental state.

While inherited genes exert a significant influence on health, reported Dr. Peeke, DNA is not necessarily destiny. The emergence of the new science of epigenetics suggests that its the genetic expression, or what message the gene is sharing with the brain and body, that determines our mental and physical well-being. This is enormously empowering. Well explore practical ways to achieve the genetic expression to optimize longevity and quality of life.

Dr. Peekes presentation that same day, Shame, Blame and Guilt: Solutions for Healing the Triad of Pain, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., examines how the regeneration of shame fuels the compulsive-addictive cycle. She will also detail the effect of these emotional conditions on the brain and body, including how they impact gene expression.

Dr. Courtois, National Clinical Trauma Consultant for Promises Treatment Centers, will lead three presentations about treating complex trauma on March 8:

Collectively, the presentations cover the challenges of the therapeutic relationship, the sequence of treatment, and the unique spiritual issues that arise with trauma, said Dr. Courtois. My hope is that participants come away from the sessions with more context and information about the nature and treatment of complex post-traumatic conditions.

Attendees may earn six continuing education credits per session (18 total). For an agenda or to register for the conference, which is co-hosted by Promises and The Ranch, visit the BFI website. To learn about other speaking engagements in the behavioral health care field, visit the Elements Behavioral Health events or contact Jeanette Lisalda at jlisalda(at)theelements(dot)com.

About Dr. Courtois

Christine Courtois, PhD, ABPP, is a leading authority in the treatment of trauma, having worked in this area for over 30 years. She is a Board Certified Counseling Psychologist who directs the development of guidelines for the treatment of complex trauma for three professional organizations and has been appointed to the American Psychological Associations Guideline Development Panel for post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Courtois has written or co-edited eight books on healing from incest, child sexual abuse, complex traumatic stress disorders and other types of trauma, and on spirituality and trauma.

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