This interdisciplinary methods paper talks about how families receiving overseas remittances discuss, decide and act about finance (what is called family financial socialization). Money matters yield delicate family dynamics, and families and their members hesitate to talk about money to others. Verbal interview methods may not be enough to surface emotions about money. On this […]

The current work focused on how the learning environment of college students influenced their academic motivation, choice of learning strategies, and level of engagement in the classroom. Using a cross-sectional predictive design, a total of 1002 participating college students answered four standardized scales (college and university classroom environment inventory, academic motivation scale, motivated strategies for […]

The literature in educational research reveals disparities in how academics view their academic roles. Through semi-structured interviews, this study explores how a group of 53 Philippine higher education academics view themselves as doctoral academics and their roles in academic publishing. Overall, doctoral academics (which, in the present study, refers to academics who hold doctoral degrees) […]

Health seeking is any activity undertaken by individuals who perceive themselves to have a health problem or to be ill for the purpose of finding an appropriate remedy. Alarmingly, Filipinos have a tendency to delay or ignore preventative health-care measures until the illness becomes evident. The overall intent of this study is to explicate the […]

The Research Center on Social Sciences and Education invites everyone to watch this documentary, a social impact advocacy created through the efforts of USAID, ECOWASTE Coalition and our very own Sustainability Studies Research Interest Group.  The research team led by Prof. Arlen Ancheta and members, Assoc. Profs. Moises Norman Garcia and Ma. Rosario Virginia Garcia, and Asst. Prof Ronald Castillo were among the research teams […]