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    Southern Asia-Pacific Division Education webpage Preschool-Lifelong
    The Southern Asia-Pacific Division's (SSD) education webpage includes SSD education statistics, directory of institutions, reports, etc.

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    A Brief Ethnography on Philippine English Tertiary
    "The Philippines is a nation with a rich culture and heritage that reflects the indigenous diversity of the islands. Its present identity and unique features are not whimsical. They are mainly the result of a combination of events throughout its history....

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    A Child's Spiritual World - A Qualitative Study Grade 4-Grade 12
    "Though much has been written about adolescent spirituality and how adults should deal with it, far less has been written by adolescents themselves, or by adults from the adolescent perspective. This study of four twelve-year-old girls takes the adolescent’s...

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    A Narrative Inquiry of One Female Married-Single - A Story of Loneliness and Isolation Tertiary
    "The Organization for Economic Cooperation (OECD, 2013) reported that, during the past three decades, there has been a steady rise in the number of international students studying outside their countries of citizenship. Those figures rose from 0.8 million...

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    A Study of the Health Status of Filipino Workers in Selected Seventh-day Adventist Institutions in the Philippines Lifelong
    "The Adventist health message is unique among religious groups. For that reason, Adventists have been part of many health studies in developed countries. This small study focuses on the health of Adventist employees in a developing country. Many of the...

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    A SWOT Analysis of Globalization in Adventist Higher Education Tertiary
    "This paper presents a SWOT Analysis of globalization on the Adventist network of higher education. Samples from each world region were selected for guided interviews to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of globalization...

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    Adventist Education Today: Far Eastern Division Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This article from the 1985 General Conference issue of JAE reports on Adventist education in the Far Eastern Division, 1980-1985.

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    Adventist World Education Baptism Statistics 1995 Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This chart from the 1995 General Conference issue of JAE shows the world education baptism statistics and the world education statistics as of December 31, 1994.

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    Affective Teaching - A Place for Emotion in Classroom Learning Tertiary
    "Teaching and learning nearly always take place in a social context. Intellectual growth also brings about changes in the social and emotional facets of both teachers and students. Teaching and learning are greatly affected by the quality of relationships...

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    AIIAS Goals and Corporate Identity Study Tertiary
    "AIIAS exists to develop Christian leaders for service to the Church and society. As a faith-based educational institution its mission must reflect spiritual as well as academic concerns. Is AIIAS accomplishing that mission? This mixed methods study analyzed...

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    AIIAS INFO Journal Grade 1-Lifelong
    International Forum (INFO) is a multidisciplinary academic journal published biannually since 1998 by the AIIAS School of Graduate Studies. Archived online, download research reports, discussions of contemporary issues, instructional materials, and book reviews.

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    An Evaluation of Peer Review in US Graduate Research Courses Tertiary
    "The use of peer review is a valuable tool that can improve the quality of writing and the ability to work collaboratively in a learning community. This paper investigates the use of the peer review process in research methodology courses on the graduate...

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    Analysis of Some Influences on Literacy as Observed by Facilitators of Literacy in Cambodia Tertiary-Lifelong
    "Cambodia is a country that lags behind many of its neighbors in literacy. Seventh-day Adventist church workers have found that offering adult literacy classes is one good way to introduce Buddhists to Christianity. Many of the literacy students are actually...

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    Art: High School Supplement SSD Grade 7-Grade 12
    Adventist teachers' handbooks for integrating faith and values. These are practical guides with a variety of approaches to teaching key values, illustrations and examples. Separate booklets are available for each subject, including: Art, Business, Computer,...

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    Asia-Pacific Division: Spiritual and Academic Vitality Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This article from the 1995 General Conference issue of JAE is a report from the Asia-Pacific Division (SSD). The regions include Sri Lanka, Manila, and Burma. Reports from colleges and universities include Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary, Lakpahana Adventist...

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    Attitudes of Filipino Women Towards Body Weight in Children Lifelong
    This study focuses on identifying what body weights Filipino mothers in Silang, Cavite, consider desirable in children, and what their attitudes are toward children being overweight. A qualitative research design was chosen to assess personal attitudes.

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    Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls - A Cross-Case Study of the Global Financial Crisis and the Seventh-day Adventist Church Tertiary-Lifelong
    "Some researchers argue that the financial crisis in Europe and the United States (US) was triggered by ethical pitfalls, and that this crisis is now globally affecting developing countries." This paper has...

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    Barriers to Participation in Research for College Faculty Tertiary
    "Faculty research is of increasing importance in institutions of higher education worldwide, and a growing literature is springing up that explores faculty research output and ways of increasing it. This small study done at an international college in...

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    Biblical Perspectives on Health for the Contemporary World Lifelong
    "Perspectives on health from the Bible such as biblical anthropology and the laws of God, as a basis for health and disease dynamics, are receiving support from science. Biblical anthropology teaches that a human being is a whole person, with physical,...

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    Biochemical Research - An Indispensable Partner of Graduate Health Education Tertiary
    "Graduate health education is facing challenges for quality and global standards. The paper discusses the rationale and the strategies of how to face these challenges through instructional innovations and biomedical research. Conventional classroom instruction...

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    Board Book Checklist - SSD Sample Grade 1-Tertiary
    A checklist of items to include in the suggested 'Board Book' prepared by principal and board chair, for board members to reference during meetings.

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    Board of Education Checklist - SSD Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This one-page document, prepared by the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD), consists of a list of documents and necessary information that should be easily available for board members to make decisions. Documents include agendas; minutes; financial, accreditation,...

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    Breakfast for Academic Performance Kindergarten-Tertiary
    "Breakfast has long been shown to be an important part of a healthy lifestyle. But recent changes in society find ever larger numbers of individuals choosing not to eat in the morning. Studies show connections between breakfast eating and various aspects...

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    Business - High School Supplement SSD Grade 7-Grade 12
    Adventist teachers' handbooks for integrating faith and values: these are practical guides with a variety of approaches to teaching key values, illustrations and examples.

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    Business and Ethics Tertiary-Lifelong
    "This short article discusses the attempts taken to improve ethical behavior and presents several views about the outlook for business ethics in the 21st century."

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    Challenges to the Teaching of Public Health Education in Asia Tertiary
    "The twenty-first century will bring major changes in the Asian health scene. Globalization and communication technology, changing disease epidemiology, increasing population and environmental degradation, and changing demographics, with more urban population...

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    Change, Growth, and Outreach Kindergarten-Lifelong
    The 1995-2000 Education Report from the Southern Asia Pacific Division (SSD) presented at the Adventist General Conference Session. The report discusses the advancements and progress made in the following areas: Developing the SSD Edition of the Journal of...

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    Classroom Discussion in Southeast Asia - Concerns in Thai Classrooms Tertiary
    "This article defines the concept of classroom discussion as well as the benefits of discussion in the classroom. In addition, barriers to classroom discussion that are common to classrooms are discussed with a focus on problems unique to classroom discussion...

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    Communication effectiveness and decision-making styles of administrators of Adventist secondary schools in Luzon as perceived by the teachers and administrators Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Effective communication and decision making are two of the main pillars of healthy institutions. Some authors consider effective communication as the lifeblood of the organization and others consider decision making as the brain. This study explored the relationship...

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    Communication Literacy in Doctoral Research Supervision Tertiary
    "Doctoral supervision has become an important research focus as universities face accountability, quality assurance, and financial pressures. Using a correlational—explanatory and predictive—design, this study investigated the relationships...

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    Community Cancer Assessment in Hinkley California, 1988-1993 Updated September 25, 2000 Lifelong
    "This study was undertaken in an attempt to substantiate claims of increased cancer prevalence in an area that had experienced industrial practices which were known to be harmful. In a highly publicized case, some residents were awarded settlements from...

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    Computer: High School Supplement SSD Grade 7-Grade 12
    Adventist teachers' handbooks for integrating faith and values: these are practical guides with a variety of approaches to teaching key values, illustrations and examples.

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    Couples' Experiences and Perspectives on Interracial Marriage - A Phenomenological Study Among Adventists Tertiary
    "Today’s world is often defined as a world without borders, or a global village. The distance between countries and continents seems to get shorter with the innovation of faster means of transportation and telecommunication. This new reality has...

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    Course Outlines and Assessment in Higher Education - An Analysis of AIIAS Course Description Contents 2001-2004 Tertiary
    "Clear documentation of goals, content, outcomes and associated assessment procedures has become a critical part of higher education policy and practice. An analysis of the course outlines provided by the faculty of one institution over the period from...

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    Creating Educational Partnership Between School, Family, and Community Kindergarten-Grade 12
    "The process of education is enhanced when school, family, and community collaborate. Specifically, such collaborative efforts contribute to increased student achievement. This article focuses on how the above three levels of collaboration work. Epstein’s model of partnership is suggested as a practical framework for improved partnership. The application of this multi-dimensional model has helped to close the gap between schools and communities.

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    Creating Equality in Testing Student with English as a Second Language Grade 4-Grade 8
    Is there a significant difference between “English as a Second Language” (ESL) students’ rankings of their multiple intelligences on a written test in English, and their ranking of the same intelligences on a pictorial test? When considered...

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    Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Values - Revealing the Invisible Kindergarten-Grade 12
    "'Back to values' has been a significant trend in school systems during the past few years. While the secular school system continues to debate on how to go about teaching values, Adventist teachers are encouraged to continue the deliberate integration...

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    Customer relationship management as perceived by students and administration at AIIAS Tertiary
    The purpose of this study was to find out how the Customer Relationship Management concept, as conceptualized by Kaj Storbacka and Jarmo R. Lehtinen, was being implemented at AIIAS. The concept has four essential relationship perspectives, namely, Exchange...

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    Designing Learning Modules for Online Courses - The 5-WH Approach Tertiary
    "More and more educators today are joining online teaching with little or no instructional design training. Challenges have been reported in in many regions around the world. In addition, time constraints present another challenge because of the many...

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    Discerning Shapes, Reading Words Like Faces - The Current Science of Literacy and its Implications for Low-Income Countries Kindergarten-Grade 8
    "Despite much donor investment in low-income countries, student populations may fail to learn even the first steps of literacy. To some extent this may be due to teaching materials and methods that were developed for high-income students who get more...

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    Economic Wealth and Education - A Global Comparison Tertiary
    "Poverty has long been associated with lower levels of school achievement within developed nations, as well as across nations. The level of economic wealth of a nation has also been found to be correlated with many aspects relating to education: funding, access,...

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    Economic Wealth and Educational Issues - An International Comparison Kindergarten-Tertiary
    "Poverty has long been associated with lower levels of school achievement within developed nation, as well as across nations. The level of economic wealth of a nation has also been found to be correlated with many aspects relating to education: funding,...

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    Educational Backgrounds and Youth Criminality in Nigeria Grade 9-Tertiary
    "Mismanagement and recurring strikes in the Nigerian educational sector have institutionalized a legacy of intellectual poverty and criminality among youth. Unchecked persistent strikes have led to progressive deterioration in infrastructure and academic...

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    Effects of Teaching Methods and Students' Attitude on Academic Performance Tertiary
    "This study explored the effects of teaching methods in business instruction and students’ attitude toward the class on students’ academic performance. The respondents were 135 college students from an Indonesian university. Both the experimental...

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    Ellen White and the Harmonious Development Concept Kindergarten-Tertiary
    "Ellen G. White (1827-1915), a founder of the Adventist educational system, defines education as 'the harmonious development of the physical, mental, and the spiritual powers' (Ed 13). This 'harmonious development' phrase has, in fact, become a motto...

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    Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace Lifelong
    "Emotional intelligence is a concept which originated relatively recently, and which has held the focus of the research community up until today. Most useful in the workplace environment, EQ can explain why some leaders prosper and others do not. EQ can...

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    English: High School Supplement SSD Grade 7-Grade 12
    Adventist teachers' handbooks for integrating faith and values: these are practical guides with a variety of approaches to teaching key values, illustrations and examples. Separate booklets are available for each subject, including: Art, Business, Computer,...

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    Expanding, Upgrading, and Witnessing Kindergarten-Lifelong
    The 1985-1990 Education Report from the Far Eastern Division presented at the Adventist General Conference Session. The report discusses new campuses and buildings, academic accreditation, faculty upgrading, use of denominational books, youth activities, and...

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    Experiences with Service-Learning as Perceived by Students, Faculty, and Community Partners Involved with the Master of Public Health Program at the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies Tertiary
    "Service-learning on a voluntary basis as well as being a requirement for a degree has a positive impact on learning. The AIIAS Department of Public Health (DPH) in the Philippines has conducted various community service activities in the communities...

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    External Productivity of the Off-Campus Master of Business Administration Program of the Philippines Christian University Dasmarinas Campus Tertiary-Lifelong
    "This study examines the productivity of a recently begun Master of Business Administration program. The findings provide support for a positive productivity index that shows that the program is economically attractive to its graduates."

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    Facilitating Payments - Bribes or Tips? Suggestions for International Organizations Regarding Facilitating Payment Customs Tertiary-Lifelong
    "In many parts of the world, facilitating payments are expected before legitimate official services will be supplied in a timely manner. To avoid an obstacle course of dubious regulations and prevent troublesome delays, most individuals and organizations...

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    Factors associated with job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in East Indonesia Union Conference, Indonesia Grade 9-Grade 12
    This study investigated factors related to job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in East Indonesia Union Conference of SDA, Indonesia. Specifically, the study was designed to identify the level of teachers’ job satisfaction, the correlation of...

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    Factors that motivate employees to work at Northern Luzon Adventist College, Philippines - an analysis Tertiary
    The purpose was to find out Northern Luzon Adventist College (NLAC) employees’ rankings of the common factors considered to motivate them, and clarify what the employees of NLAC desire for the future in the factors studied. This study was delimited to...

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    Faculty Commitment in Higher Education - Implications for Strategic Leadership Tertiary
    "The commitment of faculty towards their institution needs to be recognized as having strategic value for higher learning. One component of commitment is affective commitment. Fostering it has a number of important implications for the leadership of educational...

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    Foreign Aid Effectiveness - Fact or Fiction? Lifelong
    "The literature on foreign aid is vast and conflictive. Data show that certain types of aid are both effective and ineffective. Some call for more aid; some call for less. Reviewing recent studies shows complex patterns suggesting that aid is not the...

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    Freedom and Constraints - A Glance at Adventist Educational Aims Kindergarten-Tertiary
    "Freedom, in a Christian context, can be a confusing term. Unlike the secular definition of freedom, which includes a lack of restraint, Christian freedom begins with a total surrender to God and His law. Rather than restricting freedom, however, the...

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    Globalization and Christian Spirituality - Implications for Adventist Higher Education Institutions Tertiary
    "The influence of globalization on contemporary life cannot be overemphasized. Its effects have been greatly felt in the continuing quest to maintain an authentic Christian spirituality. Seventh-day Adventist leaders and educators at Adventist institutions...

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    Globalization and Discriminatory Practices Against Trans-women in the Philippines Tertiary
    "Being trans-gender, specifically trans-woman still comes with a stigma attached even though it is reported that an estimated 9 to 9.5 million trans-gender people live in the Asia-Pacific region, with the majority being trans-women, according to a UNDP...

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    Graduate Studies in the Philippines - Past and Future Tertiary
    This article is a paper presented to an AIIAS School of Graduate Studies forum on Quality in Higher Education. The presenter discussed the past, present and future of graduate studies in the Philippines.

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    Great Challenges, Even Greater Opportunities Kindergarten-Lifelong
    The 2010-2015 Education Report from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD) presented at the Adventist General Conference Session 2015. The author summarizes the ways God has blessed in education in the division for the last quinquennium, including accreditation...

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    Growth, Outreach, and Innovation Kindergarten-Lifelong
    The 2000-2005 Education Report from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD) presented at the Adventist General Conference Session. Some countries have seen rapid growth in education due to the vision and generosity of the McNeilus family, Maranatha, and ASI....

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    Health and Disease Trends in Low Income Economies - Can We Escape the Double Burden of Disease? Lifelong
    "Demographic transitions can explain public health phenomena and predict the types of health problems countries will experience. Developing countries are suffering from infectious diseases which kill a disproportionate number of children, but at the same...

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    Highschool Textbook Supplements SSD Grade 5-Grade 12
    Adventist teachers' handbooks for integrating faith and values. These are practical guides with a variety of approaches to teaching key values, illustrations and examples. Separate booklets are available for each subject, including: Art, Business, Computer,...

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    Holding on to Their Faith Tertiary-Lifelong
    "Guided by Kumpfer’s (1999) model of internal self resiliency factors, this phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of 224 Seventh-day Adventist Church members from seven countries in Southern-Asia Pacific Division. The study aimed...

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    Home Economics - High School Supplements SSD Grade 7-Grade 12
    Adventist teachers' handbooks for integrating faith and values: these are practical guides with a variety of approaches to teaching key values, illustrations and examples. Separate booklets are available for each subject, including: Art, Business, Computer,...

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    Implementation of the Anti - Human Trafficking Law in Cebu City, Philippines Tertiary
    "This study investigated the extent of implementation of the 'Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act' under the Philippine Republic Act 9208 in Cebu City during the period of 2010-2011. The paper analyzed the various advocacy campaigns and rescue operations done...

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    Improving Students' Mathematical Thinking Grade 1-Tertiary
    "Mathematical thinking is understood and appreciated in academic circles. Such thinking differs from thinking in other subjects in its vocabulary, symbols, and grammar. It requires working with multiple solutions and problem generation by thinking across...

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    Indonesia Union College - A historical study of a Seventh-day Adventist institution Tertiary-Lifelong
    Problem: The first Seventh-day Adventist training school established in Indonesia was the Netherlands East Indies Training School (Indonesia Union College after 1962) founded in 1929. The school has since grown considerably and achieved university status,...

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    Infectious Greed - The Creeping Compromise Tertiary
    "The recent rash of financial scandals fueled by what Alan Greenspan calls 'infectious greed' has made the term business ethics seem like an oxymoron. But scandals are not new to business and greed dates back to the beginning of time. What is new is the...

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    INFO Editorial: Abundant Living Tertiary-Lifelong
    "The Graduate School Forum was held January 28-30, 2010 on the AIIAS campus, with the theme Abundant Living. Papers based on some of the major presentations from this 3-day conference are published in this issue of International Forum. Presenters...

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    INFO Editorial: April 2003 Kindergarten-Lifelong
    "This issue of the Forum discusses various ethical issues which are relevant in today’s world...The articles in this series contain questions for which there are no easy answers. These are questions worth asking, but the answers are far beyond the...

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    INFO Editorial: April 2004 Grade 1-Tertiary
    This special issue of the International Forum is predominantly made up of major articles by graduate students. From integrating faith and learning in the Biology classroom to comparing faith development in children from various home backgrounds, to studying...

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    INFO Editorial: April 2006 Kindergarten-Tertiary
    This issue is devoted to an exploration of spiritual issues, particularly as they relate to Education. The articles address various aspects of spirituality, which is inevitably multifaceted and complex. Articles in this issue include: The...

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    INFO Editorial: Building Corporate Identity in a Changing World Grade 9-Tertiary
    "Building Corporate Identity in a Changing World was the theme of the Graduate School Research Forum held in January of 2011. This Forum provided opportunities for participants to look into the history and track record of different institutions, and to...

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    INFO Editorial: Change, Chaos, and Resilience - Thriving in a Turbulent World Tertiary
    "Ever-evolving technologies, wars, emerging national alliances, changing currencies, redefinitions of what constitutes the family, revolutions on religious fronts, and a myriad of other factors have made turbulence a way of life. Whether positive or negative,...

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    INFO Editorial: Christian Organizations Lifelong
    "This issue of the International Forum Journal focuses on some current concerns facing international Christian organizations. There is within Christianity today a growing realization that our centuries-old message needs to find new means of expression....

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    INFO Editorial: Connectedness - Human Relations, Learning, & Wellness Tertiary-Lifelong
    This issue "is a compilation of six articles that try to make a significant contribution to the theme of connectedness in business, education, and public health."

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    INFO Editorial: Contemporary Literacies - Life Skills for Professionals Tertiary
    Based on a three-day research conference with the same title, the articles in this issue discuss some of the concerns relating to contemporary literacies, especially as they relate to higher education. What skills do you need to be literate in the 21st century?...

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    INFO Editorial: Developing Workplace Intelligences - 2003 Lifelong
    Health is one of the fundamental needs of humanity. As we consider health issues, particularly in developing countries, we find them to be inextricably linked to educational and financial issues. This issue focuses on health issues. Education is a solution...

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    INFO Editorial: Developing Workplace Intelligences - 2005 Tertiary-Lifelong
    "Developing Workplace Intelligences was designed initially as a Research Forum theme which would draw together professionals from various disciplines to discuss topics of interest to all. The planning committee saw needs for presentations on coping and...

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    INFO Editorial: Ethical Issues in Higher Education Tertiary
    "This issue of International Forum deals with some of the issues that touch the lives of international educators and the students they teach. How can we deal ethically with corrupt systems? What is our role in ethics education as educators in varying...

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    INFO Editorial: Evolving Organizational Contexts Tertiary-Lifelong
    A big part of the changes in society have been fueled by developments in information and communication technology (ICT). These changes in society and the way it operates are the driving force behind this issue of the InFo Journal.

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    INFO Editorial: Forum Tertiary
    In this editorial, Julian Melgosa introduces the reader to this issue of InFo, which features presentations from the AIIAS School of Graduate Studies forum on Quality in Higher Education. The intention of this issue is to present InFo readers with an account...

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    INFO Editorial: Foundations Grade 1-Tertiary
    In this editorial, the editor tells the story of a house being built on a former garbage dump. Just like a house must have a foundation, education must have a foundation. Unless a conscious effort is made to avoid doing so, we too may be building upon garbage....

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    INFO Editorial: Globalization and Its Impact on Education, Economy, and Language Tertiary
    "The current issue of the journal analyzes the impact of globalization from the perspectives of economics, education, and language. While the word 'globalization' always seems to focus more on economics than other fields, it is time to look at its other...

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    INFO Editorial: Globalization, Ethics, and Higher Education Tertiary-Lifelong
    "The world is becoming increasingly complex and interdependent. What happens in Costa Rica affects people in Kenya, and what happens in the Philippines affects people who live in China (and vice versa) in ways that it never did in years past. The concept...

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    INFO Editorial: Growing Pains Grade 1-Lifelong
    David Streifling, the editor of InFo, discusses the "growing pains" of the journal and of AIIAS in this editorial. Articles in this issue include: Cleanliness...

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    INFO Editorial: Higher Education Tertiary
    Knowing that understanding the questions is the first step to finding the answers, this issue is dedicated to exploring the following current themes being discussed within higher education in the Asia-Pacific region today: 1. What are we really teaching? 2....

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    INFO Editorial: Higher Education Empowering Development Tertiary
    The AIIAS School of Graduate Studies Forum, held November 16-18, 2006, and sponsored specifically by the Department of Public Health, focused on the supporting role that academia should have in assisting development and developing countries. Presentations...

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    INFO Editorial: Improving Higher Education Tertiary
    "Acknowledging professional preparation of students as the common purpose institutions and educators share, and the dimensions of the integrative task this requires, the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies through the School of Graduate...

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    INFO Editorial: Inflation Tertiary-Lifelong
    The purpose of this editorial is not to analyze all of the forces underlying economic inflation or its implications. The editor asks the following question, "If there is such a thing as inflation in the economic realm, could there be something similar...

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    INFO Editorial: International Business Themes Tertiary-Lifelong
    The articles in this issue focus on themes of international concern, mostly related to business.

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    INFO Editorial: New Beginnings Grade 1-Lifelong
    In this editorial, Henry Foster introduces the new scholarly journal "International Forum (INFO)", sponsored by the School of Graduate Studies at the Adventist Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS). In an age where information is generated and dispensed...

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    INFO Editorial: Qualitative Research Kindergarten-Tertiary
    It is generally agreed that the hallmark of a quality educational institution is its record of research. The principles of the "scientific method" when applied to academic questions produce two basic research paradigms – quantitative and qualitative....

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    INFO Editorial: Quest for Quality - Research and Practice Tertiary
    "The exponential increase of knowledge is beyond imagination. Technological advancement has contributed even more significantly to this important growth. Knowledge that used to be less accessible to the public is now in reach of most people, all around...

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    INFO Editorial: Researching our Own Community Grade 1-Tertiary
    "This Forum issue is a look at unique environments in the communities that surround AIIAS, that can help us better understand where our students, clients, and community members are coming from. No matter what line of work we find ourselves in, this type...

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    INFO Editorial: Sustainable Reform in the Developing World Tertiary-Lifelong
    "The articles in this issue were selected from presentations at a 3-day Research Forum that was held on the AIIAS campus December 1-3, 2011. The majority of the articles in this issue have to do with education as the avenue to sustainable development." Article...

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    INFO Editorial: The Way We Teach Tertiary
    This issue looks at the way we teach. It focuses on Asian concerns; however, most of these themes are also of interest elsewhere in the world. Articles in this issue include: Teaching...

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    INFO Editorial: Values and Ethics Grade 1-Lifelong
    The articles in this issue discuss both values and value creation in a variety of disciplines. The authors examine values in a service-learning program within a Master’s in Public Health degree, education, and information technology. Values questions...

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    Information Technology and Value Creation Lifelong
    "Information Technology (IT) has revolutionized the way business is done around the world. But the question remains, who benefits from IT? Does using IT create value for an organization? The answers discussed include the idea that it is the consumer who gains the most.

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    Instructional Design Foundations of Online Education Tertiary
    "It is becoming a common practice today for educational leaders to check job applicants’ experience with online teaching as they consider names for a new faculty position. Conversely, less attention is placed on what type of online teaching training these job applicants received.

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    Intellectual Property and Copyright - The Effects Upon Education and Information Availability in Developing Countries Grade 1-Tertiary
    "Rapid growth in electronic document exchange has pushed copyright law into the international arena where diplomats debate its purpose and usefulness across the spectrum of developed/developing countries. Quite apart from the debates, however, educators...

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    Intelligence Quotient, College Major, School of Origin, and Academic Performance of Master's in Business Administration Students Tertiary
    "This study intended to find out whether IQ, College Major, and School of Origin significantly contribute to superior performance of students in the Master in Business Administration (MBA) program. Data was taken from 40 respondents who had graduated...

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    JAE Editorial: Eternity in Our Sight Preschool-Tertiary
    "This special issue of The Journal of Adventist Education (JAE) is part of a long-standing tradition. Each quinquennium, a special General Conference issue featuring education reports from each division of the Seventh-day Adventist world church...

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    Knowledge Management and its Applicability to Higher Educational Institutions Tertiary
    "Knowledge management is a critical element that many business organizations are using to gain competitive advantage today. The rapid changes happening in the business setting demand that businesses employ knowledge as a raw material for innovation and...

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    Knowledge Management, Soft TQM and Hard TQM, and Organizational Performance Tertiary-Lifelong
    "Today’s customers demand high-quality products, and companies need to enhance their performance and be more innovative in order to meet customers’ needs. This study analyzed whether several management orientations combined could enhance organizational performance."

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    Language Learners and School Readiness - A Case Study of Two Korean Boys Kindergarten-Grade 1
    "Language learning and school readiness interact. Students who start first grade in a new language may experience readiness differently from what native speaker children experience. Beginning language learners will act differently in social and school...

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    Leadership style of information technology administrators in selected Adventist educational institutions in the Southern Asia-Pacific Region Tertiary
    This study was conducted with the purpose to investigate the relationship between the leadership style of Information Technology (IT) administrators in selected Adventist colleges/universities in the Philippines, and the perception of the consumers about IT services in the mentioned institutions.

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    Leadership Styles of Information Technology Administrators in Selected Philippine Adventist Educational Institutions Tertiary
    "This study investigated the relationship between the Leadership Style of Information Technology (IT) administrators in selected Adventist colleges/universities in the Philippines, and the perception of the consumers about IT services. Significant differences...

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    Learning styles and gender as related to achievement in English among students in North Sulawesi Adventist Boarding Schools, Indonesia Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This study investigated linkages between the learning styles and gender and achievement in English among students in North Sulawesi Adventist boarding schools, Indonesia. In doing so, it sought to contribute to a better theoretical understanding of the students’...

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    Learning to Teach Adults - Principles of Adult Education in the Writings of Ellen White Tertiary
    "This paper examines the writings of Ellen White for the presence and application of several key adult education principles as identified by Malcolm Knowles. The practical application of these principles is then examined in the teaching of college English...

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    Learning to Think at Christian Universities - Philosophical Issues Tertiary
    "Critical thinking has not traditionally been a strength of Christian colleges. If we are to address this problem, we must examine the philosophical concerns about whether the goal of critical thinking is truly appropriate for Christian education, and...

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    Lived Experiences of International Male Married Single Students Tertiary
    "The Republic of the Philippines is attracting more and more international students, especially in tertiary institutions. People have realized that the Philippines has high quality education at an affordable cost. Consequently, the increase in the population...

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    Lived Social Life Experiences of Female Elderly People Tertiary-Lifelong
    "Quality of life is now recognized as one of the new philosophies of health by the World Health Organization, especially among older people. Old age is a process that cannot be stopped but must be protected, promoted, and extended. As the aged population...

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    Measuring Spirituality - Toward Developing an Instrument for Use in Adventist Schools Grade 8-Grade 12
    "Measuring spirituality is difficult and controversial. Some instruments that exist for this purpose are reviewed and found unsuitable. Therefore, the groundwork is laid for the development of an instrument suitable for self-assessing spirituality in...

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    Millennial Students in Higher Education - Changes Needed from Christian Teachers Tertiary
    "Millennial students learn differently compared with the previous generations, and this variation demands changes from Higher Education (HE) teachers. Even though many studies have offered suggestions for change, there is scarcity of research, specifically...

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    Modeling Church Member Turnover in the Southern Asia Pacific Tertiary
    This presentation lays out a church member survey in the Southern Asia-Pacific Division. It is focused on joining and staying in the church, and leaving the church.

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    Music - High School Supplement SSD Grade 7-Grade 12
    Adventist teachers' handbooks for integrating faith and values: these are practical guides with a variety of approaches to teaching key values, illustrations and examples. Separate booklets are available for each subject, including: Art, Business, Computer,...

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    New Perspectives in Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle Grade 9-Tertiary
    "The dramatic increase in so-called chronic or “lifestyle-related” diseases in most countries today has become one of the greatest threats to our health. These major lifestyle-related diseases share common risk factors such as smoking, lack...

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    No Right Way - How to Structure Tasks to Maximize Organizational Learning Lifelong
    "Organizational learning is known to be a key to organizational performance. This paper builds on prior research and shows that no single task structure is ideal for all situations. Task elements such as the number of inputs, the decision function, feedback,...

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    Nurturing the Mind of the Christian Professional Lifelong
    "The Christian professional must be a thinking being, whose thoughts are grounded in the conception of eternity and an understanding of God. Some secular authors suggest that Christians aren’t good at thinking. This paper argues that Christians...

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    Opinions on Family and Social Issues Associated with Religious Practice in Southeast Asia Lifelong
    "This second part of the data analysis of a large sample of Seventh-day Adventist church members addresses opinions and practices relating to family and social issues. It identifies differences in opinion with age, gender, religious orientation and region...

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    Organization and Operations - Technology and Changes Lifelong
    "The rising tide of innovation in information technology in the last two decades has changed the way we do business. Organizational transformation occurs in the breaking down of walls between various functional groups, in the reduction in levels of management, and in the way decision making is processed.

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    Perceived Global Trends Cognition and Management Competencies of Master in Business Administration Students Tertiary
    "Today’s successful manager must stay abreast with important global trends and should possess the needed managerial competence in information technology, cross-functional abilities, leadership, emotional intelligence, finance, quantitative techniques, communication, interpersonal relationship, and cross-cultural transactions."

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    Perception of Faculty Participation in Academy Governance in the Central Luzon Conference, Philippines Grade 9-Grade 12
    This study explores faculty and administrators’ views about faculty participation in school governance. Ten dimensions of teacher participation were considered for this study: goals, vision or mission, facilitating procedures and structures, curriculum...

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    Perceptions of the Principal’s Role in Leadership Development of Elementary School Students Grade 5-Grade 8
    "There is a great expectation that schools may contribute in building good and responsible leaders. School leaders must include student participation in school reforms and actions for sustainable improvement by allowing them to play leadership roles....

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    Perceptions pertaining to actual and prepared participation of teachers in decision making in North Philippine Academies - a comparative study Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Shared decision making, focusing on faculty involvement and participation in decision making at the local school level, has been identified as an essential element in successful educational reform. The purpose guiding this study was to examine and compare...

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    Performance Appraisal Instrument for a Church Pastor Lifelong
    "The purpose of the study was to determine the job content of local church pastors in order to develop a performance appraisal instrument for evaluating, counseling and training prospective and incumbent church and district pastors in the Central Luzon...

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    Personality Types, Preferred Learning Modalities, and College Majors of Students in Luzon Tertiary
    "This study investigated the relationship of personality types, perceptual learning styles, and the choice of academic major of college students. The subjects were 500 students from six selected academic majors in SDA tertiary schools in North Philippines....

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    Physical Education - High School Supplement SSD Grade 7-Grade 12
    Adventist teachers' handbooks for integrating faith and values: these are practical guides with a variety of approaches to teaching key values, illustrations and examples. Separate booklets are available for each subject, including: Art, Business, Computer,...

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    Plenteous Harvest, Few Laborers - Involving Adventist Schools to Bridge the Gap Preschool-Tertiary
    The 2015-2020 Education Report from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD) presented at the Adventist General Conference Session. The Southern Asia-Pacific Division is committed to the development of strategies to reach students and teachers, who can then...

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    Positive Supervision and the Quest for Excellence Tertiary
    In this article, the author examines supervision at the college level. Three dogmatic statements about supervision are discussed. A history of supervision in the Philippines is presented. The author discusses actual visit(s) by supervisors and suggests that...

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    Postmodern Religious Educational Philosophy - An Oxymoron? Tertiary
    Is a religious educational philosophy relevant or even viable in the postmodern world? Or is a postmodern religious educational philosophy an oxymoron? An incongruous contradiction of terms? These are the fundamental questions discussed in a paper presented...

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    Predictors of Teaching Style Among Private Secondary School Teachers of Dasmarinas, Cavite Grade 9-Grade 12
    "This study explored the relationships between teachers’ beliefs in learning theories and selected demographics as predictors of teaching style preference (behavior and verbal). The respondents were 301 teachers from 30 private secondary schools...

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    Professional Learning Styles and Workplace Performance - And Exploratory Descriptive Study in Higher Education Tertiary
    "Higher education is no longer seen as optional in today’s society due to the rapid changes experienced in our global economy. Lifelong learning is expected if one is to keep up with the times. Because of this, schools need to change their focus...

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    Prudent Administration in the Finances of SDA Education Institutions - An Application of A FAIR WILL Concept Tertiary
    "This paper deals with the importance of prudent administration in handling the Lord’s financial resources. It specifically deals with how administrators envision and perform the utilization of money. Utilization of money in SDA educational institutions...

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    Quality of Vegetarian Cafeteria Services and Students’ Overall Satisfaction with their University Tertiary
    "A major challenge for students at the university level is to adjust to the food provided by the campus’ cafeteria, and the adjustment is further complicated when a school offers a vegetarian diet (Hartwell, Edwards, & Brown, 2011). The purpose...

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    Reaching the Unreached - A Challenge for Filipino Educators Kindergarten-Tertiary
    Many Filipino children lack the quality education necessary to become competitive members of the globalized workforce. "This study aimed at determining the position of marginalized youth in terms of...functional literacy and numeracy skills."

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    Reality Today - Vision Tomorrow Kindergarten-Lifelong
    The 2005-2010 Education Report from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD) presented at the Adventist General Conference Session 2010. Directors Lekic and Domingo report on the advances made in the division in the last quinquennium including evangelistic...

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    REBIRTH - Virtues and Character Education Tools Grade 1-Grade 12
    Use this Adventist tool for Christ-centered teaching of 89 virtues and Adventist beliefs that are core to character development. REBIRTH is an acronym for the 7 topics organizing these virtues: Religious, Ethical, Biblical, Individual, Relational, Temporal...

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    Relationship between multiple intelligences and academic achievement of grade six pupils in Northern Luzon Mission Kindergarten-Grade 12
    The study explored the relationship of multiple intelligences to the academic achievement of grade six pupils in Northern Luzon Mission. The theory developed by Howard Gardner was the basis of the theoretical concept. Data were obtained from 310...

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    Required Competencies for the Academic Deans - Basis for a Competency - Based Performance Appraisal Tertiary
    "This study determined the competencies and level of competencies required of the academic deans along the technical, personal and managerial areas as perceived by school heads, superior of deans, and deans themselves in order to construct a model of...

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    Research Mentoring of Students in Christian Higher Education Tertiary
    "Mentoring of graduate students is an important part of developing their research skills and habits, and can affect how and whether they do research in the future. This qualitative study examines research students’ preferences for mentoring qualities...

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    Schools of Public Health and their Role in Development Tertiary
    "Schools of public health have an important role in leadership for their local community, but also for the broader society. They should train health workers, influence public policy, and do research, as well as collaborating with health workers in other...

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    Scientific Constructivism - A Remedy for Miseducation in Mathematics Grade 1-Tertiary
    "Mathematics education is in serious trouble. Some call this problem 'mathematical miseducation.' Unsatisfactory performance in mathematics by students at all levels of education—elementary to tertiary—as evidenced through national and international...

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    Signed and Sealed, but Not Delivered - A Socio-Political View of the Promises and Trials of Universal Education Tertiary-Lifelong
    "The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has prioritized the issue of equal access to education. That priority includes the empowerment of women through girls’ education and gender equality, education in emergencies and post-crisis education,...

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    Some Considerations in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Lifelong
    "This paper argues that the effectiveness of the approach used by the Seventh-day Adventist church to propagate its health message has been compromised by its failure to take full account of social determinants of health, and its apparent inability to...

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    South Korean Adults' Perception on Causes of Difficulties with Spoken English Tertiary-Lifelong
    "This study investigated the perceptions of South Korean adults on the causes of their difficulties in speaking English as a foreign language. The participants of this study were 87 adult students from two institutions of higher learning in the Philippines....

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    South Philippine Union Conference Report on Nurture and Retention Tertiary
    This presentation lays out a report on nurture and retention in South Philippine Union Conference, part of the Southern Asia-Pacific Division. It presents a discipleship program.

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    Southern Asia Pacific Division Summit on Nurture Retention & Discipleships 2013 Tertiary
    This presentation lays out a summit on nurture, retention and discipleship of the Southern Asia-Pacific Division in 2013. It is focused on membership and membership dropouts.

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    Spiritual Leadership Formation in Adventist Seminaries in the Southern Asia Pacific Division Tertiary
    "Pastoral education in Southeast Asian Adventist colleges varies widely from one country to another. This variation needs to be minimized, perhaps by sharing ideas and developing a common curricular base. Since spiritual leaders need certain characteristics...

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    Spiritual Well-being, Faith Maturity, and the Organizational Commitment of Faculty in Christian Colleges and Universities Tertiary
    The relationship between the spiritual experience and organization commitment of faculty in Seventh-day Adventist tertiary educational institutions in North Philippines constituted the primary focus of this study. Instrumentation included the Spiritual Well-being...

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    SSD Checklist for Secondary School Evaluation Teams Grade 9-Grade 12
    These checklists, developed by the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD), are aids for secondary school evaluation team members as they gather information for their reports. This is a draft only and needs refining. Checklists for mission, philosophy, and objectives;...

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    SSD Faculty Evaluation Forms Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Gather ideas for your secondary school or college evaluation forms: student rating of faculty, faculty self-evaluation, and faculty evaluation by administrators.

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    SSD Orientation for Adventist Accreditation Association Visit Grade 9-Grade 12
    This Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD) document is for presentation to the Secondary School faculty and board just before a visit from the Adventist Accreditation Association (AAA). It provides background information on the AAA as well as preparations required...

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    SSD Secondary School Evaluation Checklists Grade 7-Grade 12
    The sample lists drafted will aid secondary evaluation team members as they gather information for their reports. Developed for Southern-Asia Pacific Division schools, adaptable as prompts for other regions.

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    SSD Student's Rating Scales for Course and Instructor Evaluation Grade 9-Grade 12
    An evaluation instrument developed by the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD). It consists of two sections: an evaluation of the course and a teacher evaluation form.

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    SSD Teacher Performance Standards and Evaluation Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Manual guiding teacher evaluation in Adventist schools in the Southern-Asia Pacific Division. This handbook includes a definition and timeline for teacher evaluation, performance standards for teachers, summative teacher evaluation form with samples, professional...

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    SSD Vital 10: Performance Indicators for Secondary Schools Grade 9-Grade 12
    This list of performance indicators for secondary schools was developed by the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD).

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    SSD Vital Statistics with School Performance Indicators Grade 9-Grade 12
    This indicators were drafted by S Guptill, SSD Director of Education. The school performance indicators include accreditation, spiritual/philosophy, financial, physical plant, administration, academic, library, student services, and external relations.

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    Strategic Planning - The Basic Steps Kindergarten-Lifelong
    "Strategic planning is an effective management tool that enables an organization to match its abilities with environmental opportunities at a point of optimal equilibrium. The analytic approach to planning must blend with the synthetic task of management....

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    Strategies to Curb the Tobacco Epidemic in the Philippines - Experiences from Other Countries Lifelong
    "The use of tobacco is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The Philippines, which adopted legislation for curbing smoking in 2003, could learn effective strategies from the experiences of countries around the world that have had more years of...

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    Strengthening Education and Workplace Linkages - The E-Learning Challenge Tertiary
    "Globalization and technology have changed the role and function of today’s educational institutions. Educators need to understand the changes and adapt to them in order to provide students with the needed skills for today’s workplace.

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    Student Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Student Service in an Adventist College in the Philippines Tertiary
    This study aims to determine the student perceptions of the effectiveness of student services in one Seventh-day Adventist institution of higher education on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. A user satisfaction scale adapted by the researcher from the...

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    System-Process Framework for Human Resource Strategies for Graduate Schools Tertiary
    This article is a paper presented at an AIIAS School of Graduate Studies forum on Quality in Higher Education. The presenter shared a conceptual framework on HR (human resource) management strategies. It is a framework which is the fruit of both the presenter's...

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    Targeted Approaches for Vegetarian Nutrition Education Kindergarten-Grade 12
    "The health benefits of the vegetarian diet are recognized globally. Much of this understanding has come from studies showing that Seventh-day Adventists practicing a vegetarian lifestyle can live longer and healthier. The church recommends, but does...

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    Teacher Participating in Decision Making - A Comparative Study of School Leader and Teacher Perceptions in North Philippine Academies Grade 9-Grade 12
    "Shared decision making (SDM) has been identified as an essential element in successful educational reform. This study compared the perceptions of school leaders and teachers regarding actual and preferred faculty participation in decision making across...

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    Teachers and Principals Perceptions of Principals Leadership Effectiveness in Selected Adventist Schools in the Philippines Tertiary
    The literature on school leadership repeatedly refers to the need for effective leadership of principals. This small (n = 85) study investigated the perceptions of teachers’ and principals’ on leadership effectiveness of the principals in selected...

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    Teachers Perceptions of Preferred Teaching Strategies in a Faith-Based College Tertiary
    College teachers frequently have training in their subject area but not in the field of education, yet they spend much of their lives making educational decisions that affect learners. With schools beginning to pay more attention to teaching, this mixed method...

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    Teaching Deep Learning in Asia Tertiary
    "A concern of educators today is the achievement of high quality learning outcomes in academic courses. These learning outcomes include, among other attributes and competencies, good technical, analytical, communicative, evaluative, problem solving, life-long...

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    Teaching with Integrity - A Focus on Higher Education Tertiary
    "Teaching in higher education includes lived experiences related to ethics and values. Though not widely written about, the theme of ethical practices is increasingly considered as critical in academia. Teachers, who are key gatekeepers of knowledge,...

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    The Burden of the Teacher Kindergarten-Tertiary
    "The burden of the teacher is to show students how ideas are connected to each other. This is more necessary than ever in today’s digital world. Teaching connectedness requires personal revelation as to values, priorities, and experiences on the...

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    The Challenge of Spirituality Assessment Kindergarten-Tertiary
    "The spiritual life of the Adventist school is important to the church. It is of vital concern to the board, administrator, faculty and staff. Spirituality is rooted in the Adventist philosophy of education as an essential element of what schools should...

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    The Digital Divide After 20 Years - A Rural Philippine Perspective Tertiary-Lifelong
    "The digital divide is still a real concern in the developing world; however, strides are being made to overcome information technology gaps with the developed world. Given the changing patterns of technology usage, this study explores what the digital divide looks like today in a small, rural school community in the Philippines.

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    The Ethical Issue of Response Bias in Survey Data Collection and Its Solution Tertiary-Lifelong
    "This paper discusses response bias caused by unethical behavior of respondents in survey data collection, a fact that is usually not well emphasized in the existing literature. The unethical behavior of respondents can be handled by computing the Respondent...

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    The Gospel as Holistic Mission - The Challenges of Contextualizing Relief and Development Lifelong
    "Contextualization of the gospel means that the gospel has not only been communicated but has also been understood, lived out, and has transformed individuals, and communities, as well as their culture. If we are to communicate the gospel message to other...

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    The Impact of English as a Global Language on Filipino Language Practices Tertiary
    "A country’s national language is a national treasure that should be preserved and passed on from generation to generation. In some multilingual contexts, as in the Philippines, the national language is evolving, being mixed with English (Francisco,...

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    The Impact of Epistemology on Approaches to the Study of Organizational Culture - Some Examples from Information Systems Lifelong
    "Organizational culture has been increasingly studied as a tool for management and business. Because of its complexity, however, results have not been easily quantified or compared. This paper suggests that the design of the research may very much affect the result of the study, and that different designs may be more appropriate for specific situations, based on the research question under study.

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    The Impact of Spirituality on Academic Performance Tertiary
    "Many studies have suggested that spirituality has a positive effect on academic performance. This small study reviews literature on performance and spirituality, and compares students’ attributions of the causes of their academic success or failure...

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    The Importance of Theoretical Comprehension for Nursing Students' Clinical Competence Tertiary
    "In nursing education, theory and practice are always linked because, in clinical practice, students have to apply the theory that they learn in the classroom. Students make clinical judgments based on scientific knowledge, theory, laws, principles, and...

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    The Influence of Selected Factors on Religious Knowledge, Attitudes and Christian Practice Grade 9-Grade 12
    "This study investigated the perceptions of grades 9 and 10 students (N=124) in a Seventh-day Adventist boarding Academy in the Philippines in relation to the degree of strength they perceived various socio-religious variables (Home, Church Program, Bible...

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    The Influence of Teenager Computer Usage on Their Academics and Spirituality Grade 7-Grade 12
    "The study investigated the influence of technology usage on students’ academic performance and spirituality. A total of 166 respondents participated in this study from three different schools in the Philippines. Respondents answered a spirituality questionnaire and detailed the time they spent on technology usage. Results showed that there was no direct significant relation between technology usage and academic performance; however, computer ownership did have a significant negative impact on student grades.

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    The Integration of Values and Business (IVB) in SDA Organizations in the Metro Manila Area - An Observation Lifelong
    "Often business is taken for granted, even by SDA administrators. The integration of values and business is not dealt with in a practical and systematic manner. The inclusion of SDA values, while commendable, is not enough. What is called for is the actual...

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    The International Labor Organisation Definition of Decent Work - Implications for the Well-being of Families in the Philippines Lifelong
    "An Action Program for Decent Work was launched in the Philippines in May, 2002, by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity are foundational to the performance of decent work. Poverty alleviation...

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    The Life and Religious Beliefs of the Iraya Katutubo - Implications for Christian Mission Grade 9-Lifelong
    "This qualitative study focuses on the understanding of the traditional religious beliefs and their impact on the Iraya Katutubo of Occidental Mindoro. It explores how Christian beliefs have affected their lives. Selected indigenous adults were interviewed...

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    The Nature of Management Dilemmas Used as Academic Projects in Higher Education Tertiary
    "This study investigated the management dilemmas of 53 business executives, the resolution of which were critical to the sustainable growth of their companies. These dilemmas provided internship project opportunities for graduate management students....

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    The Performance of Trilogy Functions of Higher Education of Selected NOCEI-member HEIs in the CALABARZON Provinces Tertiary
    "Often the three functions of the trilogy of higher education, which consist of teaching, research and community service, are not assigned equal merit. The priority for performance is only given to teaching, and to a certain extent to research efforts,...

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    The Relationship Between Student Religiosity, Integration of Faith and Learning and Selected Congregational and Family Factors Tertiary
    "An investigation of the relationships among students’ perceptions of selected congregational and family factors of adolescent religiosity, Integration of Faith and Learning (IFL), and student religiosity. The respondents were 374 students in SDA...

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    The Role of Christian Parents in Influencing Children - Perspectives on Faith Integration 0-2 years-Grade 12
    "The integration of faith and learning as it relates to parents raising Christian children. How their role changes over time, and how they can work with the school and the church to support faith development in children at each stage. A model is proposed...

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    The Role of Values in Building Brand Equity - A Case Study Grade 9-Grade 12
    "Adventist education is based on the premise that the 'work of education and the work of redemption are one' (White, 1952, p. 30). At Hiroshima San Iku Gakuin, an Adventist High School in Japan, about 30% of the students are not Seventh-day Adventists...

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    The Seven-Step Model (7SM) - An Alternative Health Behavior Change Model for the General Public Tertiary-Lifelong
    "The major causes of death in the world are heart attack, stroke, and cancer. The main contributing factors for chronic diseases complications are unhealthy behaviors; so, health behavior change has become imperative in the world today. There are several...

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    The Small Group - Connected for Wellness and Success in Adventist Higher Education Tertiary
    "Adventist education emphasizes a balanced, holistic preparation for life in varied careers and fields of study. It stresses the need for physical, mental, social, and spiritual growth, as well as health and wellness as a basis for successful living....

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    The Socio-Pragmatic Role of Songs in the L2 Classroom Kindergarten-Tertiary
    "In recent years, the field of second language acquisition has highlighted the teaching of culture, emphasizing that culture and language influence each other. In this relationship, songs are one expression of culture. As such, they are worthy to be included...

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    The Synergy of Building up Brand Equity - A Perception of the AIIAS Experience Tertiary-Lifelong
    This study dealt with how AIIAS brand identity has developed into a perceived corporate reputation by taking into consideration the critical success factors of its development. Expressing this synergistic interaction mathematically, R = f (B + BC + P); where...

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    The Voice of Youth - Central and South Philippines Welcome More Than 8,000 New Members to the Church Tertiary-Lifelong
    “‘Unstoppable’ involved young people in mission and mobilized more than 14,280 young persons, divided into 557 teams, to conduct public evangelism in the central and south Philippines from March 18 to April 1. These evangelistic efforts were...

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    Transfer of Learning - Where Have We Failed? Kindergarten-Grade 12
    "Good teaching entails a variety of factors working together, interdependently, to ensure and enhance the learning of students. It is also true that good teachers make good students. Teachers who take the time and effort to deliberately effect positive...

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    Which Program to be Elaborated in Order to Teach Character to Rwandan Children After Genocide Grade 1-Grade 12
    "The legacy of the civil war and genocide in Rwanda includes many orphans and thousands of children who have experienced untold horrors. These children are the future leaders of the country, but many are homeless and living in extreme poverty. The trauma...

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    Who R U? Seventh-day Adventist Identity in a Global Context Lifelong
    This article "lays out and explains the major features of Adventism and Church structure."

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    Women Presidents in Philippine Higher Education - Their Personal and Professional Journeys Tertiary
    "Women leadership is still a rare phenomenon though women have slowly but steadily gained access into leadership positions even of male-dominated disciplines and institutions. Through the phenomenological design and guided by Gottfredson’s (1981)...

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    Work values, occupational stress and teaching performance of SDA secondary school teachers in Luzon Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This study investigated the work values, occupational stress, and teaching performance of SDA secondary school teachers in Luzon. The subjects were 140 teachers and 12 principals of the 12 secondary schools under the administrative supervision o the North...

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    Writing with Integrity Tertiary-Lifelong
    "Writing is not merely a form of sharing what we have learned; the writing process actually helps us learn. It also helps us better understand what we know. Writing is really about thinking, not about production. Language skills support good thinking...

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    You Will Learn It or I Will Teach You Tertiary
    "Higher education has experienced a paradigm shift away from teaching and toward learning. This focuses on students, and defines learning as 'significant long-term changes in knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes or beliefs.' This focus calls...

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    Young Peoples Concepts of Personal Spirituality Grade 9-Tertiary
    This qualitative study seeks to understand spirituality from the point of view of young people, and to portray their personal spiritual life and experiences. This study was done in Asia with eleven young people (ages 15-20) who were born into Adventist homes....