The document discusses ASEAN integration and its implications for education and research. Key points include: - ASEAN aims to reduce development gaps within member states through initiatives focused on infrastructure, human resource development, and economic integration. - Integration will allow for easier movement of educational services, materials, and professionals between ASEAN countries. It will also facilitate collaboration between researchers. - Philippine graduates will need to prepare for an integrated ASEAN market by gaining international experience and perspectives. Research quality will need to improve to compete regionally through publications in abstracted journals and collaboration with foreign researchers.

1. ASEAN 2015: The Role of
Research in Education
Carlo Magno, PhD.
crlmgn@yahoo.com

2. ASEAN
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Vietnam
Thailand

3. ASEAN Integration
• Narrowing the Development Gap
– Reducing various forms of disparities
among and within Member States
where some pockets of
underdevelopment persist.
– Foster regional cooperation
– Greater social and economic
integration
• 6-year IAI workplan to assist
countries assuring economic
acceleration.

4. ASEAN Integration
• Key programme areas in the three Blueprints for the
ASEAN Community:
– ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint
– ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
– ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint
• IAI workplans
– Infrastructure (transport and energy)
– Human resource development (public sector capacity
building, labor and employment, and higher education)
– Information and communication technologies (ICT)
– Regional economic integration (trade in goods and
services, customs, standards, and investments)
– Tourism and poverty alleviation have also been included

5. Actions
• Help companies do business in the
region
– Opportunity for study and graduate
study grants in other countries
– Practice teaching in ASEAN countries
– Producing educational materials
available for international use
(assessment tools and references).
– Educational research and data gathering
in other countries
– Education experts as consultants in the
ASEAN region
– Locals opening international schools and
training centers

6. Action
• Seamless movement of goods and
services will enable productive
operations across the ASEAN region
– Educational services such as educational
and training programs, instructional
materials, and assessment can be
conducted in other countries.
– Filipino teachers can be hired in other
countries
– Training and education in ASEAN
countries
– International students and
internationally recognized programs

7. Action
• Intra-regional tariff reduction
– Affordable references, tests,
manuals, guides, books, multimedia
materials
– Easy to send material goods to
other countries

8. Action
• Trade in goods agreement and
Investment
– Exchange of services like learning
content and ICT platforms
– ETS, licensing centers opening a local
branch in the Philippines-more work
for psychology graduates
– Transnational Education opening a
branch in the Philippines-
opportunities for graduates to get
foreign degree.

9. Implications and Needs for Psychology
Graduates
• Recognition of an ASEAN licensed teachers to
practice the education profession in the ASEAN
region.
– Done for Mechanical Engineers but not for teachers
• Some commonalities in the Educational system
– Schedule of colleges and universities
– Programs with international accreditation
– Pathway for students to move from one school a
country to another

10. Implications and Needs for Education
Graduates
• Preparation for the educational
setting:
– Basic education is now consistent with
other countries: K to 12 with American
model for the senior high school
– College readiness framework
– Revised and interdisciplinary GE courses
– Global perspective in the curriculum

11. Levels of Publication
ISI abstracted Journals
Abstracted journal
International Journal
Local journal
Conference proceeding
In house publication

12. ISI Journals in the Philippines
• The Asia Pacific Education Researcher
• Philippine Political Science Journal
• Philosophia
• Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
• Philippine Agricultural Scientist
• Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine
• Philippine Journal of Crop Science

13. Research in Education
• ISI Citations of Publications in Asian Countries (Times
Higher Education, 2014)
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Turkey
Japan
Hong Kong
South Korea
China
Singapore
Taiwan
Israel

14. Research Opportunities
• Majority of international journals are submitted
online.
• Because of the internet and social networking,
Filipino researchers can easily collaborate with
international researchers in publication (increase
in citations).
• Filipino authors can be guided by foreign
researchers on conceptualizing and writing style
(common problems in report writing).
• Filipino authors are guided on selecting the right
journal for their study.

15. Implications on Research ASEAN
Standards
• Basis of faulty rankings can include citations
rather than volume of publication (author
impact factor).
• Universities becoming conscious of abstracted
and indexed journals.
• Balance between research and teaching.
• The growing concept of a research faculty.
• Universities offering a degree by research.

16. Issues
• Access to abstracted and high impact journals.
• Need to expose education majors to teach
international students.
• Need for standards in Teaching Competency in
the Asian Region
• Keeping up and competing with other education
graduates in Asian countries.
• What can the Filipino researcher offer to foreign
researchers? Educational research capacities and
training in Philippines needs improvement