ERI2023 Pre-Recorded Virtual Presentations

Indigenous Ways of Knowing

68080 | Ethno-Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (EthnoSTEM) in Sama Mat-Weaving: Implications for Classroom Teaching

Aljemedin Jaudinez, Mindanao State University Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography, Philippines

Ma. Nympha Joaquin, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

Mat weaving is culturally and economically significant among the Sama people of the province of Tawi-Tawi since time immemorial. This study sought to find concepts and processes of ethnoscience, ethnotechnology, ethnoengineering, and ethnomathematics (ethnoSTEM) present in weaving tepo, a hand-woven mat of the Sama, made from indigenously processed leaves of pandan or screw pine (pandanus tectorius). To determine ethnoSTEM ideas, concepts and processes in tepo weaving, an ethnography was conducted involving five female mat weavers in a coastal village in Tawi-Tawi’s major producer of tepo, the Municipality of Tandubas. Data were gathered primarily through observations and interviews during a monthlong community immersion. The data collected were coded and analyzed thematically and triangulated through various techniques. Results revealed that ethnoscience was observed in the processes determining the dyeability of pandan strips, as well as in the procedures employed in its softening and bleaching. Ethnotechnology tools are in the form of bolo, pandan presser, pandan slitter, traditional stove, bamboo scalp scratcher, and other local cooking tools, with each tool exhibiting unique characteristics and functions needed for weaving. Ethnoengineering was evident in the preparation and boiling of pandan strips to create, bleach, and dye pandan strips for weaving and fastening the tepo. Ethnomathematics comprised primitive length measurement, arithmetic calculations, ratio and proportion, linear and quadratic equations, sinusoidal functions, basic geometric concepts, circles, symmetries, and isometries. It is concluded that the concepts and ideas of ethnoSTEM found in Sama weaving of tepo are loaded with scientific affluence that should be preserved to preclude it from fading to oblivion. Implications to classroom teaching are likewise put forward.

Informal Education

68489 | Secondary School Students’ Sexual Attitude and Their Views on School-based Sexuality Education: A Population-based Study

Hoi Nga Ng, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong

Kam Weng Boey, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Chi Wai Kwan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Background: Students’ attitudes play an important role in the efficacy of school-based sexuality education (SBSE). A pilot study in Hong Kong suggested that demographic characteristics, religiosity, and spirituality were associated with students’ sexual attitudes and their views on SBSE.

Objectives: This study recruited a population-based sample of secondary school students to validate findings reported in the pilot study.

Method: A questionnaire was designed to collect data from a web-based survey. A total of 2240 secondary school students (mean age = 14.6, SD = 1.9; 63.2% were females) responded.

Results: Students were slightly liberal in sexual attitude. They were low in religiosity but high in spirituality. Consistent with findings reported in the West, a great majority (95%) of the students were supportive of SBSE. Male gender, older age, higher education, no religion affiliation were significantly associated with liberal sexual attitudes [F (1, 2238) = 9.13 to 144.93, p < .01 or less]. The relationships of demographic characteristics with attitude towards SBSE were negligible. Similar to Western findings, religiosity and spirituality were negatively associated with liberal sexual attitudes (r = -.35 and -.27 respectively, p < .01) but their positive relationships with attitude towards SBSE (r = .07 and .24 respectively p < .01) were different from the negative relationship reported in the West. The negative relationship between liberal sexual attitudes and attitude towards SBSE (r = -.19, p < .01) was another incongruent finding.

Conclusions: This study revealed similar findings reported in the West. Nonetheless, findings specific to the local setting were observed. Though the effect size of the incongruent findings was small, they were specific to the local sociocultural setting and need to be considered in the promotion of SBSE.

Instructional Design and Learning Sciences

67822 | Transformational Business Education for Resilience and Economic Sustainability

Maia Chiabrishvili, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait Ketevan Chiabrishvili, National Defense Academy, Georgia Ana Tvaliashvili, Georgian Technical University, Georgia

The paper suggests a perspective on improvements in business education which will be reflected in the firms’ improved resilience and economic sustainability. The research aims to test the hypothesis that ""pre-determined contents of the business courses become insufficient for the development of students' improvisation to find solutions to challenges occurring in an uncertain environment."" This subject has received insufficient attention, leaving a significant gap. Moving in this direction of transformative learning will ensure students' ability to apply critical thinking and widen their frames of understanding. Graduates will acquire skills and the ability to quickly adapt their knowledge to recover business operations from crises of different scales. The output of higher business educational institutions will become more quality-oriented. The method of content analysis of existing lifelong learning models in adult education allowed authors to incorporate additional teaching modalities and introduce a new model for the current uncertain expectations of businesses. The paper concludes with the reasons why current business-related programs require updates. The changes mentioned above will equip graduates with practical knowledge of different aspects of social responsibility and a conscious desire to contribute to a more sustainable future.