Quality Education in Resource-challenged Schools with the help of Technology (QuERST)
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QuERST Rationale
The Philippines’ underwhelming performance in the 2018 PISA and the 2019 TIMSS and SEA-PLM international and regional educational assessments indicate that there is an urgent need to improve the quality of basic education in the country. Many low-income and lower-middle-income countries have similar learning poverty and learning loss situations.
Description
Quality Education in Resource-challenged Schools with the help of Technology (QuERST, pronounced /kwerst/) is a multi-stakeholder, multi-component, and multi-phase program aimed at leveraging information and communication technologies to rapidly improve the quality of learning taking place in schools serving the economically disadvantaged. As a scholarship of engagement program, QuERST is envisioned to create positive research impact as well as positive social impact toward the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education).
QuERST Program Components and Phases
QuERST Team
The QuERST Team is composed of the following De La Salle University (DLSU) professors and alumna:
| Raymund Sison (Program Leader) |
PhD Computer Science (Tokyo Tech, Japan); PhD Education (DLSU) |
Artificial Intelligence; Educational Leadership |
| Auxencia Limjap | PhD Education (DLSU) | Mathematics Education |
| Frederick Talaue | PhD Education (NIE, Singapore) | Science Education |
| Alen Muñoz | PhD Education (UP Diliman) | English Education |
| Ryan Dimaunahan | MS Computer Science (DLSU) | Game-based Learning |
| Kristine Hernandez | MA Education (DLSU) | Parental Engagement |
| Angelica San Buenaventura | BA Early Childhood Education | Elementary Education |
QuERST Projects
| Title | Period | Funding |
| Development of Framework and Materials for Distance and Remote Learning via Datacasting | 01-May-2021 to 30-Apr-2023 | DOST-PCIEERD (PHP 9,351,617); DLSU (PHP 2,234,655 incl. researcher deloading) |
| Design and Pilot Test of Protocols and Technology Support for Teacher Coaching and Student Tutoring in a Resource-Challenged School | 01-Sep-2023 to 30-Aug-2024 | DLSU (PHP 299,540 plus researcher deloading) |
| Developing Game-Based Learning Environments using an Outcome-Based Methodology | 01-Sep-2023 to 30-Aug-2024 | DLSU (PHP260,300 plus researcher deloading) |
| QuERST-SyMM: Systems for Modeling and Management of Student Tutoring | 01-Feb-2025 to 31-Jan-2026 (proposed) |