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Developing civic competence among learners is the business of any social studies teacher. The overall success of any social studies teaching depends, in great measure, on the ability of teachers to approach controversial public issues (CPI) in the spirit of critical inquiry. However, previous studies suggest that the teaching of CPI is affected by teachers' pedagogical deficits, students' reluctance during discussions, and lack of emphasis on CPI in the curriculum. Hence, this paper purports to locate the preferred positionality, reasons, and practices in teaching CPI of a select group of Filipino social studies teachers (n = 379) in basic education. Using a multi-aspect questionnaire, results showed that teachers are leaning towards a committed impartiality position, and are driven by the desire to develop learners to be critical, reflective, and action-oriented as they engage in meaningful conversations about important social issues. Moreover, teachers' perceived instructional practice is an intersection of empowering, democratising, and conflicting moves, Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although there is considerable anecdotal evidence that the scale of private tutoring is substantial in the Philippines, attempts to document its existence is limited. Using phenomenological inquiry, this study aimed to provide a more eidetic portrait of private tutoring transformation in the Philippines from the perspectives and collective experiences of 11 cram school and formal school administrators from 3 key urban cities in the country. Using a dendrogram, semistructured interviews surfaced three distinct syndromes describing the dynamics of private tutoring phenomenon, namely, the lean on, pass on, and ride on syndromes of private tutoring. Through the years, private tutoring was able to secure its own market niche at the fringes of the mainstream education system and has become more entrenched in Philippine society. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This study examined how online review characteristics contribute to the star ratings of the Top Quick Service Restaurant in the Philippines. We collected a total of 8258 reviews through Data Miner scraping tool. Results showed that the reviews made by the Google local guides, in general, were readable, brief, and more positive in valence. While the SEM results demonstrated causal relationships of review characteristics to star rating, readability and positive tone showed a weak positive effect. In contrast, review length and negative tone had a high negative effect. Positive and negative emotions did not affect GLG's given star ratings. Implications are discussed in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]