Theme 3: Youth and Values Formation
The Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center and the Culture and Ecology Center in Bendum, Upper Pulangi are culture-based education initiatives that contribute responses to the critical and urgent need to meaningfully engage with the Pulangiyen youth in the uplands. The former is a primary school for indigenous children in Mindanao and uses a multilingual, culture-based curriculum while the latter is an effort to bring about a greater understanding of culture and ecology amongst young adults not in school through skills training and values formation. The former is a formal education center that is recognized by the Department of Education, while the latter is currently exploring with the same Department for an acknowledgement of its training courses as an alternative senior high school. Both initiatives are rooted in and draw from the ancestral domain that is the framework by which cultural values are enhanced and interpreted in their daily activities and in the guided youth reflections and discussions. This whole effort with the youth in the uplands seeks to promote dialogue about the opportunities available for indigenous education, develop an understanding of the pathway from non-formal to formal education, and to discuss the alternative learning opportunities that can improve the skills and capacity of indigenous upland youth.
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
| DAY 1: SUNDAY 18 May 2014 | |
| 0930 | Arrival of Participants at Cagayan de Oro City
Participants proceed to Malaybalay City. Pick up points: Laguindingan Airport/ XU-CdO |
| 1230 | Lunch at Malaybalay City |
| 1400 | Travel to Bendum |
| 1700 | Welcome and Orientation
Possible interaction with Sustainability Science group in Bendum |
| 1900 | Dinner |
| Day 2: MONDAY 19 May 2014 | |
| 0700 -0800 | Breakfast |
| 0800 | Welcome and presentation of schedule and activities, expectation settings |
| 0900 -1000 | Walk around log deck area and visit to the school |
| 1000 -1030 | Morning Snacks |
| 1030 -1200 | Interaction with the APC teachers |
| 1200 -1300 | Lunch |
| 1300 -1400 | Orientation about Culture and Ecology Center
Programme Orientation |
| 1400 -1600 | Interaction with the youth, facilitators/trainers
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| 1900 | Dinner |
| Day 3: TUESDAY 20 May 2014 | |
| 0700 -0800 | Breakfast |
| 0830 -1000 | Discussion: Reflections from the field |
| 1200 | Lunch |
| 1300 | Travel to Malaybalay City
Travel with Sustainability Science group. Checkin at Pine Hills Hotel. Registration starts at 5:00 PM |