Curriculum Studies, Educational Foundations, and Non-Formal Education (EDCS-EDFD-NFE)

(as of 1st semester AY 2024-2025)

CURRICULUM STUDIES

Amelia C. Fajardo

Professor
acfajardo@up.edu.ph

Melanie Joy D. Gunio

Assistant Professor
mdgunio1@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • MA in Education, Curriculum Studies, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • BA English Studies, College of Arts and Letters, UP Diliman
  • Specialization:
    • Curriculum Studies and Instructional Designing
  • Research Interests:
    • Curriculum designing; Curriculum evaluation; Hidden curriculum; Instructional designing
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Ferdinand Pol L. Martin

Assistant Professor
flmartin1@up.edu.ph

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Lecturers

Louie B. Dasas

Professorial Lecturer
lbdasas@up.edu.ph

Maria Victoria Salud M. Urbiztondo

Senior Lecturer
mmurbiztondo1@up.edu.ph

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Lizamarie C. Olegario

Associate Professor
lcolegario@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • PhD in Education, Educational Psychology, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • 18 units in PhD in Counseling Psychology, De La Salle University Dasmariñas
    • MA in Education, Educational Psychology, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • BA in Communication Research (cum laude), UP Diliman
  • Specialization:
    • Educational psychology
  • Research Interests:
    • Assessing and Evaluating Learning; Constructivist / Student-Driven Pedagogy; Distance / Remote Learning; Mentoring Educators Through Action Research; Promoting Well-being in Schools; Positive Psychology; Social and Emotional Learning
  • Ongoing Studies/Research Projects:
    • Program Leader, University of the Philippines’ Emerging Inter-Disciplinary Research on “Promoting Well-Being in Basic and Tertiary Schools: An Interdisciplinary Action Research Approach Supporting the Continuum of Care” from 2021-2024
    • Project Leader, Philippine Department of Information and Technology’s Massive open online course (MOOC) on Action Research for Educators
    • Lead Consultant, Save the Children Philippines’ project entitled “Integrating Green Skills in the Educational System in the Philippines”
    • Lead Consultant, Save the Children Philippines’ project entitled “The Coping Child Project Development of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Training Manual for Very Young and School-Age Children”
    • Project advisory committee member for DepEd and SEAMEO INNOTECH’s Pedagogical Approaches Study (PAS)
    • Content expert for SEAMEO INNOTECH’s project titled Motivations of Teachers in Southeast Asia: Foresight on Making Teachers
  • Extension Service Activities:
    • Peer evaluator for journal articles
    • Resource person for evaluation of research instruments
    • Resource speaker for teacher training
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Maria Vanessa L. Oyzon

Professor | Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UP Diliman
mloyzon@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • PhD in Education, Educational Psychology, College of Education, UP Diliman
  • Specialization:
    • Educational Psychology
  • Research Interests:
    • Motivation, Teaching and Learning, Metacognition, Social Studies Education
  • Extension Service Activities:
    • Radyo Edukado Program at DZUP 1602

Lecturers

Cristina Nieves Aligada-Halal

Senior Lecturer
caaligada@up.edu.ph

Carolyn Victoria Uy-Ronquillo

Professorial Lecturer
curonquillo@up.edu.ph

Karen Ruth Lorenzana-Reyes

Senior Lecturer
karen_ruth.lorenzana@upd.edu.ph

Ivan John M. Viray

Senior Lecturer
imviray@up.edu.ph

Shinichiro Matsuguma

Professorial Lecturer
smatsuguma@up.edu.ph

PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS

Maricris B. Acido-Muega

Professor
mbacidomuega@up.edu.ph

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  • Specialization: 
    • Educational History and Philosophy; Values Education
  • Research Interests: 
    • Philosophy and Education; Ethics and Teaching/Education; Values Education; Human and Humane Thrusts in Education; Educational Foundations

John Leonard A. Burdeos

Instructor
jaburdeos@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • MA in Education, Philosophy of Education (ongoing), College of Education, UP Diliman
    • BA Philosophy, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, UP Diliman
  • Specialization: 
    • Philosophy; Philosophy of Education
  • Research Interests:
    • Philosophy and Education; Values Education; Values-Based Education; Educational Foundations; Teacher Education; Philosophy for/with Children; Philosophy of Music
  • Ongoing Studies/Research Projects:
    • UPSCALE – UP Students’ Character and Life in Education, UP Office for Student Ethics
  • Extension Service Activities:
    • Philosophical Inquiry in Schools Initiative Philippines, Inc. (ISIP Pinas)
    • Philosophy and Values Education Society, Inc. (PAVESOC, Inc.)

Abigail Thea O. Canuto

Assistant Professor | Curriculum Studies, Educational Foundations, and Non-Formal Education Cluster Head
aocanuto@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • PhD in Education, Educational History and Philosophy (ongoing), College of Education, UP Diliman
    • MA in Education, Teaching Early Grades, K-2, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • BA Philosophy, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, UP Diliman
  • Specialization: 
    • Philosophy of Education; Values Education
  • Research Interests:
    • Philosophy for/with Children; Communities of Inquiry; Democratic Education; Philosophy of Education; Values Education
  • Ongoing Studies/Research Projects:
    • Dissertation Working Title: “Values Education Teachers’ Conceptions and Pedagogies of Democratic Education: Implications for a Democratic Values Education Framework”

Leander P. Marquez

Assistant Professor
lpmarquez@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • Master of Health Research Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
    • MA in Education, Philosophy of Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • MA Philosophy, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, UP Diliman
    • BA Classical Philosophy, Immaculate Conception Major Seminary
  • Specialization: 
    • Applied Philosophy
  • Research Interests: 
    • Applied Philosophy; Philosophy of Education; Values Education; Philosophy for/with Children; Research Ethics; Bioethics; Philosophy and Popular Culture; Education Policy; Epistemology; Ethics
  • Extension Service Activities:
    • Philosophical Inquiry in Schools Initiative Philippines, Inc. (ISIP Pinas)
    • Philosophy and Values Education Society, Inc. (PAVESOC, Inc.)
    • Working Group on Bioethics, Global Health Program, Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)
    • Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN)
  • Other Qualifications:
    • Licensed Professional Teacher (Values Education)
    • Certificate, Philosophy for Children, Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA
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Michael Arthus G. Muega

Professor

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • PhD in Education, Philosophy of Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • PhD in Education, Special Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • MA Philosophy, UP Diliman
    • BA Communication, Major in Journalism, UP Diliman
  • Specialization: 
    • Philosophy of Education; Critical Pedagogy; Values Education; Philosophy for Children; Inclusive Education
  • Research Interests:
    • Philosophy of Education; Values Education; Inclusive Education
  • Ongoing Studies/Research Projects:
    • Race and Ethnicity and Youth (Philippines)
    • Pedagogical Factors Affecting the Teaching of ESL Teachers: Viewpoints of Filipino Teachers
  • Extension Service Activities:
    • Radyo Edukado host (DZUP) 

Lecturers

Roberto O. Cabrillas

Senior Lecturer
rocabrillas@up.edu.ph

Joanna Rose T. Laddaran

Senior Lecturer
jtladdaran@up.edu.ph

John Israel U. Cunanan

Lecturer
jucunanan1@up.edu.ph

Marek Tesar

Professorial Lecturer

ANTHROPOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION

Lecturers

Peter Romerosa

Professorial Lecturer
pgromerosa@up.edu.ph

Ana Raissa Trinidad-Lagarto

Senior Lecturer
atlagarto@up.edu.ph

NONFORMAL EDUCATION

Maria Mercedes E. Arzadon

Associate Professor
mearzadon@up.edu.ph

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Lecturer

Carmelo Jose A. Buhain

Senior Lecturer
cabuhain@up.edu.ph