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The New General Education Courses in the Philippines: Vehicles for Safeguarding ICH in Tertiary Level Education
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Manage No DI00000740 Country Republic of Korea Author Martin Genodepa (University of the Philippines Visayas, Philipines) Published Year 2018 Language English Copyright 
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| Description | "Tertiary education in the Philippines is an avenue for teaching and safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. An examination of the new General Education (GE) courses (the equivalent of liberal education in other countries) prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the governing or regulatory body for higher learning institutions in the Philippines both public and private, as well as that of the University of the Philippines System (UP), the country’s national university, show that topics and discussions on intangible cultural heritage may be integrated in them. While a program or area of study/concentration on ICH cannot as yet be developed or is still being developed for tertiary level education, there are already courses that are in place that can be vehicles of introducing and promoting ICH in the tertiary level education in the Philippines. Since these courses are required of all college students regardless of their programs or majors, the study of ICH becomes inevitable and even imperative; in the long run it will result in safeguarding ICH. | ||
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