Reinforcing Whole Child Education in the 21st Century, REX Book Store's 10th Annual Educators' Congress
Premier learning solutions provider hosts annual educator's congress,
connects education leaders with new approaches and insights.
The guests
and speakers of AECON 2018 together with REX Book Store officials headed by its
Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Don Timothy Buhain.
In a two-day event held at
Marriott Hotel's Grand Ballroom, REX Book Store hosted its 10th Annual
Educators Congress (AECON), a gathering developed by the learning solutions
provider to create and connect the local education industry's leaders and
decision-makers with the latest approaches and advancements in education
This year, REX continues its
commitment to helping sustain holistic learning for young learners in the
country, with the aim of providing 21st century skills and project-based
learning solutions to education stakeholders. REX is recognized as the official
Philippine partner of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development (ASCD), a non-profit organization dedicated to shifting the focus
of learning from mere academic achievement to long-term development and success
through the active collaboration of the stakeholders of learning (Schools,
Educators, Parents, Communities, and Industries). Ensuring that each child is
healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.
The theme Whole
Child Education in the 21st Century reflects both REX and ASCD's joint
commitment to creating and providing innovative learning solutions for the
Whole Child. Since 2010, ASCD has been providing REX
with some of the industry's most trusted resource speakers for their internal
professional development, fusing new insights and research into REX's
publishing practices and holistic education campaigns.
In 2015, coinciding with REX's
65th anniversary, the premier learning solutions provider began adopting ASCD's
whole child approach into its core philosophy, incorporating the approach's
vision with its own mission of providing 21st-century learning tools and
solutions that reflects what its maxim "tayong lahat, kapit bisig, para sa bata, para sa bayan" means:
a village, a community, helping each other nurture, sustain, and secure the
success of children as future professionals who would, in turn, help transform
the country into a globally competitive nation.
This year's congress featured
ASCD’s multi-awarded speaker Josh Garcia who presented a case study on Whole Child
education as implemented in public schools abroad. Held on the first day of the
congress, this plenary session was followed by an Q & A portion with the
resource speaker hosted by Ms. Rita Atienza. The following day featured another
plenary session with ASCD author Glen Pearsall who spoke about Visible Thinking
and current shifts and trends in educational practices.
The event culminated with a
synthesis of the resource speaker's newly presented research paradigms and
innovative ideas on education which strategically engage learning from
different approaches and executions, highlighting new trends such as the shift
from the "what" to the "how" in educational programs, as
well as the implementation of visible learning as a new method of literacy. The
two-day event was sponsored by Microdata, Converge, Zoomanity, and PLDT Gabay
Guro; REX Book Store’s partner organizations who share the company’s vision of
innovative and holistic education for the future.
Learn more about the Whole Child Approach, visit www.wholechild.rexbookstore.ph[1]
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