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Cultural competency of Ni-Vanuatu librarians: Vanuatu libraries contribution to the nation’s vibrant cultural identity
(Taylor and Francis, 2021-10-25)
Libraries play an important role in promoting cultural and language diversity, preserving knowledge and supporting educational goals. This paper discusses the ni-Vanuatu Librarians cultural competencies and examines the current programs and prospective initiatives that can contribute to a vibrant cultural identity of the nation. To have a baseline data, the inquiry started with a survey based on the American Library Association Diversity Standards: Cultural Competency for Academic Libraries. This standard was found appropriate as similar concepts are useful in Vanuatu, although some modification for context was required. Overall, the respondents are aware of their competence but recognise that cultural competence has not been integrated into work. Limitations, such as lack of funding, lack of resources making cultural competence not priority were reasons why they have not developed or applied these concepts. The results of this study provides insights on the applicability of this standard for libraries in the Pacific to develop the cultural competence of their staff....
Indigenous dispute settlement: Learning from the Panay Bukidnon tribe
(Center for Promoting Ideas (CPI), 2016-02)
Settling dispute is of utmost importance in the maintenance of social order. Regardless of the forms of governments, its nature of existence is universal throughout history and that it exists to regulate conflict. Different ...
Group counseling as an approach to family planning promotion and dropout reduction, with focus on no-scalpel vasectomy: An experimental trial and process documentation study
(Management Sciences for Health (MSH), 2003)
The Social Acceptance Project-Family Planning (TSAP-FP) stresses that women, men, youth, couples and families, the core of the entire approach are influenced by the people that surround them: community leaders; health care ...
Servant leadership at West Negros University: Implications for Filipino higher education administration
(Central Philippine University, 2018-12)
Using Hale and Fields' (2007) instrument, this study includes the investigation of three factors relating to servant leadership: service, humility, and shared vision; and their relationships to outcome variables, including ...
An analysis of the determinants of family planning volunteer workers' performance in Iloilo City
(Philippine Population Association, 1993-01)
This paper covers survey data obtained in a 1993 study of BSPOs and BHWs in Iloilo City. Survey information is reviewed with particular attention to data that address the issue of factors which have contributed to variation ...
A phenomenological study of the lived experiences of clan war survivors in Central Panay
(2021-07)
In remote villages in Central Panay (Philippines), the presence of government institutions is not yet institutionalized and some traditional practices are still dominant in their way of life. Vengeance is still viewed ...
The roles of husbands and wives in household decision-making
(Philippine Sociological Society, 1994-01)
Some consider the Filipino family as patriarchal and authoritarian since the father is usually looked up to as the authority in the home. The father’s being “the principal breadwinner and nominal head of the family” is a ...
Poverty among small-scale fishermen in Iloilo
(Philippine Sociology Society, 1985-06)
Earlier studies have reported fragmentary evidence that small-scale fishermen are among the poorest of the poor in the Philippines. The present analysis confirms this picture, as based upon interviews with a random sample ...
Local governance vs. centralization: The case of pastors in the CPBC
(Institute of Advanced Theological Studies (IATS) and College of Theology, 2005)
This research endeavor seeks to determine preferences of CPBC pastors on local governance versus centralization.
Specifically, the objectives of this study are as follows:
1) To determine the profile of the pastors ...
Lived experiences of senior high school teachers teaching qualitative research without training
(Science Research Society, 2021-10)
A Husserlian phenomenological study was conducted in five public Senior High Schools in Maasin, Iloilo to describe the experiences of teachers who were teaching Qualitative Research but did not receive adequate training ...