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VISION

The Xavier University Center for the Advancement of Teaching (XUCAT) aims to provide relevant, updated, and well-designed teacher-training programs, extend technical assistance, and conduct research for basic and higher education institutions in the country, especially those in Mindanao, for the pursuit of truth and excellence in teaching.
As the university’s unit responsible for promoting and facilitating the advancement of teaching, XUCAT coordinates and organizes the university’s initiatives and projects (which today include technology) that are being undertaken to improve the quality of education in the country.
To attain its vision, XUCAT provides the following services to various educational institutions:
A. Training Programs
  1. Teaching-learning needs
  2. Research Approaches in Education
  3. Assessment of Evaluation Instruments
  4. Information Technology (IT) integration in the Teaching-learning process
B. Technical Assistance
  1. Curriculum Development
  2. Instructional Materials and Textbook Productions
  3. Processing of Evaluation Instruments
C. Research
  1. Teaching-Learning Practices
  2. Innovative Interventions
  3. Educational Policy Development
  4. Other Education Program Evaluation
XUCAT also seeks to establish formal and long-term partnerships with various sectors such as business groups, national and local government agencies, public and private education institutions, NGOs and churches, among others, that leads to continuing enhancement of the teaching-learning process in the country particularly in Mindanao.

XUCAT Offers the following services/programs which may be availed in any order, or in any combination, according to the needs of the requesting party  
A. Training Programs
A.1 Teaching-learning needs
  1. Ignatian Spirituality in Education and Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (1 day)
 
  1. Elements of Excellent Teaching (Mastery of Subject Matter, Planning and Organization, Instructional Skills, Questioning Skills, Classroom Management, Effective Communication Skills, Rapport with Students, Use of Instructional Materials) (1 day)
 
  1. Theories and praxis of teaching and testing in all levels
 
3.1 Problem-Based Learning (Constructivist Theory) (1 day)
3.2 Learning Outcomes and Instructional Objectives (including Preparation of Table of Specifications and Bloom’s Old & Revised Taxonomy)(1 day)
3.3 Writing of Syllabi, Module, Unit of Work and Grading System (1 day)
3.4 Construction of teacher-made tests and administration (1 day)
3.5 Rubrics and Affective Assessments (1 day)
3.6 Percentile Ranks and Standardizing Test Scores (including transformation and interpretation) (1 day)
3.7 Concepts of reliability, validity and predictive power of tests, etc. (1 day)
3.8 Performance and Authentic Assessments, Portfolio and Informal Assessments (1 day)
 
  1. Teaching Strategies
 
4.1 Learning-Centered Teaching (1 day)
4.2 Classroom Demonstration on Delivery of Lessons (1 day)
4.3 Prototyping Lectures for Assessment 1 & 2 (3days)
4.4 Prototyping Lectures for Field Study 5 & 6 (1 day)
  1. Development of Critical Thinking (CT Disposition…) 1 day)
 
  1. Issues and Matters on Content, Process and Implications of the New Education Curriculum related to Assessment 1 & 2 and Field Study 5 & 6 (1 day)
 
  1. Classroom Observation Tasks (1 day)
 
A.2 Research Approaches in Education
  • Techniques and approaches in conducting educational research on teaching effectiveness, assessment of student learning, theories and strategies and/or techniques
A.3 Assessment of Evaluation Instruments
  1. Review of Evaluation Instruments regarding Course Contents and Objectives (1 day)
  2. Analysis of Evaluation Instruments; Item Analyses, Validity and Reliability Indices (1 day)
  3. Generation and Revisions of Items for Evaluation Purposes (1 day)
A.4 Information Technology (IT) integration in the Teaching- learning process
  1. Computer-based item and distracter analysis, reliability Indices (1 day)
  2. Computer-based checking/grading of classroom tests (1 day)
  3. Processing and Test Score Interpretation(1 day)
  4. Computer-aided delivery of lecture (PowerPoint, Hyperlinks…) (1 day)
  5. On-line data-base-enhanced lecture(1 day)
  6. Web-based Learning Management Systems (1 day)
B. Technical Assistance
  1. Curriculum Development Syllabi matters: critiquing, construction and prototyping (especially for Education-related programs) Programs of study: critiquing, evaluation & benchmarking Curriculum integration and alignment
  2. Instructional Materials and Textbook Production
  3. Processing of Evaluation Instruments
C. Research
  1. Teaching-Learning Practices
  2. Assessment of Educational Programs
  3. Educational Policy Development
  4. Benchmarking
  5. Other Education Program Evaluation


XUCAT Clientele
A. Xavier University Academic Community

Faculty and Department Heads / College Deans of the following:
  • Basic Education Units (Elementary &   Secondary Levels)
  • Tertiary Units (Schools & Colleges)
  • Post Tertiary (College of Medicine, Law, Graduate School)
B. Mindanao and other parts of the country
1. Higher Education Institutions (Public & Private), CHED
      • Presidents/Directors/CHED Supervisors
      • Deans
      • Chairs/Coordinators
      • Curriculum Developers
      • Program heads
      • Faculty Members
2. Basic Education (Public & Private), Dep Ed
      • Curriculum Developers
      • Supervisors and superintendents
      • Principals/Asst. Principals
      • Head teachers
      • Program heads
      • Classroom Teachers
C. Student teachers (within and outside XU) and post tertiary students
D. IT practitioners in education (within and outside XU)
 
XUCAT Management

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Website:  http://www.xu.edu.ph/xucat.html
Tel. # [08822] 72 71 63 loc 2051 or [088] 858 3116 loc 2051
 
Director:  Ester L. Raagas, Ph.D
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Faculty Support:
Mark E. Labuntog, Ph.D.
MA, Ph.D.
Mother Unit: English Department
School of Arts & Sciences
Amparo V. Dinagsao, MS
MS Applied Math, Ph.D.  Cand
Mother Unit: High School Department
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