The Phil ipp ines - Austr alian Science and Mathematics Education Project (PASMEP)

The Philippines - Australian Science and Mathematics Education

Project

(PASMEP)

bilateral AUD$20 million project between the two governments

Funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).

It is a five year (1988-92) foreign-assisted project that focused on manpower development in the teaching of high school Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics 3 & 4.

The Philippines-Australian Science and Mathematics Education Project(PASMEP)

Assisted Workshops on Curriculum Writing.

The project had a teacher training component in - Australia and in-Philippines.

Included in the in - Philippines programs are three one -month sequential training program on curriculum writing.

The 30 participants for chemistry were chosen from the DECS - SEDP trainers .

Aimed at improving the effectiveness of scienceand mathematics education at the secondary level by improving the curriculum, management, and

curriculum support services.

Philippines-Australia Scienceand Mathematics EducationProject (PASMEP) 1989-1992

The aim of the program is to enhance and update the head teachers on the content of the

new curriculum for better supervision.

PASMEP Assisted Training Program for Secondary Science Head Teachers

selected teachers from all the regions in the country who previously underwent training under PASMEP developed together daily lesson plans at UP NISMED with guidance from Australian and UP NISMED consultants.

To try out for improvement, they demonstrated the lessons to other groups.

The process was done in three one-month curriculum-writing workshops with trying out in between.

The outputs were two volumes each of daily lesson plans that were endorsed by the Department of Education for use by grades 8 and 9 mathematics teachers.