Research & Outreach

Five Key Insights to Understand the Youth Today

Despite the changes in technologies and the world, one thing has not changed: “Being young is about finding yourself, your people, and your place in the world.”

On the first day of the International Conference on Educational Frontiers, Gino Borromeo of McCann Worldgroup spoke about the youth of today and shared the findings of their organization’s international study with 33,000 interviews and a sample covering those aged 16 to 30.

From the key trends and ideas that Gino discussed, we distill five important ideas. Note that there are significant country and cultural differences, and this is but a short–and necessarily limited–summary.

Gino Borromeo delivering the keynote lecture (Photo credits: Mr. Samuel Macagba III)

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Tips for Engaging Students Online

Most teachers have apprehensions about online learning, particularly its supposed lack of interaction and rigor, the time commitment needed for it, and the need for the instructor to be tech-savvy.  An instructional designer from Chicago helped some of our Ateneo faculty dispel these misconceptions about online learning. Kate Daniels, an instructional designer and education consultant who has worked with DePaul University and the Loyola University of Chicago, offered some important and refreshing… Read More »Tips for Engaging Students Online

SALT trains more than 80 educators on research

As part of this year’s Turo Guro, the Teaching Qualitative and Quantitative Research training helped equip more than 80 senior high school and college teachers and administrators. It happened at Faura Hall Audiovisual Room inside the Ateneo de Manila University. This was led by Mr. Jose Eos Trinidad, instructor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and research coordinator of the Ateneo SALT Institute. The participants came from different parts of… Read More »SALT trains more than 80 educators on research