The Enderun Colleges Scholarly Review proudly presents the publication issue for the Academic Year 2020-2021.
We welcome the study of Carmita Eliza De Jesus Icasiano, titled “Securing Status: Ethnographies from Culinary College.” Her research focuses on cultural expression that is not limited to the historical façade; instead, it gives insights into how they prepare the food and its link to the cultural dimension. The study offers a different type of cultural integration, including students in the culinary field that are at the forefront of the artistic presentation while offering irresistible flavors.
We are honored to include another paper as a tribute to our women workers, the study entitled “Expanding the Horizons for Women Fisherfolks in Coastal Malolos through Interventions (Dela Cruz, Pelayo and Ancheta). The paper summarizes the different roles of women in the fisheries, particularly in the marketing, processing, and trading in the five coastal barangays in Malolos, Bulacan. The primary goal of this study is to identify a viable intervention program to influence system change within the fisheries sector. The study aims to improve and promote changes within their participation in marketing, processing, and manufacturing – which may also play a key role in encouraging a collective action among the primary stakeholders in the fisheries. Finally, the paper identifies some of the barriers women face to gaining full inclusion in the coastal environment.
A study collaborated by the faculty members of Enderun Colleges (Salipsip et. al.) entitled Education 4.0 @ Enderun: The Changing Dynamics in Teaching and Learning aims to present how technological advances are shaping education. The study evaluated the implementation of technology used in teaching at Enderun Colleges. Since most of the respondents were millennials, the results showed that being interactive and open are the learning traits and learning environments that the students prefer. It also showed that it would help the students more if their lecturer were someone dependable and knowledgeable. One notable discovery is that the students in Enderun Colleges are more fact retention in terms of learning traits or learning style.
The use of technology is an exciting topic in research; hence another paper entitled Adoption of Technology: Perspectives from the LEADX: Leadership & the How To’s of Digital Transformation (Salipsip, Lucero and King) is conducted using the Rogers Adoptive Categories: Innovators, Early adopters, Early Majority, Late Majority, and Laggards. Ninety-one percent (91%) of surveyed participants are millennials. Thus, based on the findings, the result confirmed that millennials tend to be innovators and early adopters.
Results also show that peers and family influence the participants’ decision to adopt technology, while they are reluctant to do so because of the cost of implementation.
Morales (et. al) conducted another interesting study entitled Relationship between Student Satisfaction, Expectancy, and Student Performance in an Online Learning Environment: A Mediated Regression Analysis. The result established a positive correlation between student performance and expectancy. Expectancy and student performance generated a weak positive correlation. The study implies that an online learning environment offers learning opportunities; however, effective implementation of learning goals should be in place to reinforce how students learn.
We are delighted and grateful to our contributing researchers for making this publication possible. We are moving positively and encouraging our researchers to share their discoveries, inspire and motivate, and impart knowledge, especially to our young readers and future leaders!
Thank you very much.
Dr. Demetrio P. Salipsip, Jr.
Research Director/ Editor-In-Chief
