The book reports on the disaster risk management practices in the GUICADALE Platform, Province of Albay, Philippines and their implications on the economic growth and development of the area. It serves as a scorecard of DRM implementation by the local government and provides a picture of the economic prospects of the DRM project. Local government officials, civil society organizations, academic researchers and the general public may be informed of how disaster risk management impacts on the economic growth and development of the concerned area. Disaster risk management relates to climate...

Shamanism in the Philippines is a case analysis of a principal shaman and her advocates in the urban barangay of Pigcale in the city of Legazpi. It analyzes the phenomenon of faith healing and its implications to health education. The use of social research methodology and data gathering strategy and tools lend first-hand information upon which analysis and interpretations are made. Implications to health education are derived with the intention of recommending to health educators and practitioners measures to deal with shamanist beliefs and practices. Narratives of the principal case...

Making classroom activities interesting and instructive is a challenge to social science teachers in higher education level. Various modalities are available to a professor but choosing the most effective one to allow collaborative learning was a challenge the author faced when he taught political science in Aquinas University, College of Arts, Sciences and Education in the Philippines. He conducted an action research focusing on the use of modular instruction, which ran for two years. Being on leave from the university, and currently a visiting professor at the Dongguk University, South...