(NOV. 7)鈥擳he latest issue of (Vol. 10, No. 2) of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development is now available online.
The issue contains five articles from various fields, products of nine researchers from different disciplines. These articles are: 鈥淪ome Notes and Critiques of Selected Lexicographic Texts in Bikol鈥 by Louward Allen Zubiri; 鈥淭eacher鈥檚 Interaction Styles during Sociodramatic Play that Promote Reading and Writing among Preschoolers鈥 by Excelsa C. Tongson; 鈥淧erforming Cosmopolitan Entanglement in the Philippine 鈥楶ista鈥: Sariaya 鈥楢gawan鈥 Festival鈥 by Shirley V. Guevarra, Corazon F. Gatchalian and Sir Anril P. Tiatco; 鈥淟egitimacy Crisis and Elite Conspiracy in Local Government Administration in Nigeria鈥 by Eddy Akpomera and Kingsley Ufuoma Omoyibo; and 鈥淔actors Affecting Fertility Desires in the Philippines鈥 by Clarissa C. David and Jenna Mae L. Atun.
Zubiri鈥檚 鈥淪ome Notes and Critiques of Selected Lexicographic Texts in Bikol鈥 analyzed the structure and diachronic development of Bikol lexicography based on six Bikol dictionaries, the earliest of which is the influential Bikol dictionary of Lisboa (1865). In the author鈥檚 Abstract, the study is said to present 鈥渁 preliminary description of lexicographic work done in Bikol and traces the shift in the paradigm of dictionary making from the Spanish era to the present.鈥
Tongson鈥檚 article is about a teacher鈥檚 facilitation of reading and writing during sociodramatic play among Filipino preschoolers. 鈥淭he interaction style of the teacher revealed her ability to perform within the context of the play and the ways she assisted children in performing reading and writing activities. The considerable increase in the frequency of children鈥檚 literacy activities during sociodramatic play could be attributed to the combination of extending style interaction and the integration of literacy materials in the dramatic play area,鈥 Tongson explained.
鈥淧erforming Cosmopolitan Engtanglement in the Philippine 鈥楶ista鈥: Sariaya 鈥楢gawan鈥 Festival鈥 by Guevarra, Gatchalian and Tiatco is about the 鈥榩ista鈥 as a performance of the concepts of cosmopolitanism (a global phenomenon of a set of shared beliefs among different groups) and entanglement (a cultural web of similarities and differences). 鈥淚t focuses on the social preparation of food to tease out how the recognized local allow their cultural templates to overlap with those of the acknowledged nonlocal without the social tensions that usually accompany such territorial incursions,鈥 wrote Eulalio R. Guieb III, editor-in-chief of 鈥淪ocial Science 茄子视频app.鈥
Akpomera and Omoyibo鈥檚 article, meanwhile, puts in perspective the legitimacy crisis and elite conspiracy in Nigeria鈥檚 local government council administration. Guieb, in his editor鈥檚 note, said the study is relevant 鈥渋n understanding why and how new democracies fail to bring government closer to the grassroots.鈥
Finally, David and Atun鈥檚 鈥淔actors Affecting Fertility Desires in the Philippines鈥 found that fertility desires change over a person鈥檚 lifetime depending on circumstances. The importance of the article, Guieb wrote, 鈥渓ies on its focus on gender preferences and the inclusion of men in its analysis.鈥
Guieb III said 鈥淪ocial Science 茄子视频app鈥 featured the five articles as part of 鈥渋ts aim to provide a wide forum for a dialogue of various issues that inform the networked disciplines in which most scholars work.鈥 The latest journal鈥檚 photo cover entitled 鈥淕rasyang Mailap鈥 (Elusive Grace) is by Dulce Amor B. Verdolaga, and is a glimpse of the level of poverty that a large chunk of the country鈥檚 population daily experience.
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