Capacity Building

Definition
• Planned development of (or increase in)
– Knowledge
– Output rate
– Management
– Skills
– Other capabilities
• Through:
– Acquisition, incentives, technology and/or training
 Research
• Aimed at applying knowledge from social
sciences to policies and practices for teaching
and learning
• Aimed at achieving improved understanding
of teaching and learning practices, processes
and context
• Provide direct evidence of effective
approaches to teaching and learning
 Research
• Research which sees schools and other
educational settings as research and learning
institutions through established models of
practitioner research or through more recent
view of educational settings as “knowledge
creating” or “learning organizations.”
 Instruction
• Developing new curricula or improving
existing ones
 Extension Programs
• Extension program is a department within a
college that offers classes to local residents
interested in learning new skills or
information.
• Offer a series of courses similar to that of a
traditional college student’s major.
• Classes are informal and flexible.
 Sample Extension Programs
• Ateneo de Manila University
– School of Social Sciences – Japanese Studies
Program offers Nihongo Extension program:
• NIHONGO FOR EVERYONE (Basic Communication skills
in Japanese)
• NIHONGO FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
• JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) REVIEW
CLASSES
 Sample Extension Programs
• University of the Philippines, Los Banos
extension programs and services:
– TREES (Training Center for Tropical Resources and
Ecosystem Sustainability)
– Barangay Integrated Development Program for the
Nutrition Improvement of the Rural Poor (BIDANI)
– Farmer-Scientist Training Program
– Agricultural Modernization Development Program
(AMDP)
INTERNATIONALIZATION