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    Indigenous knowledge, beliefs, and practices in rice farming of people in Cuyo Island, Palawan
    Acero, Agnes B.; Prado, Edelyn A. (Division of Social Scviences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2005-03)
    This study was conducted to determine the indigenous knowledge, beliefs, and practices in rice farming of people in Cuyo Island, Palawan. It also aims to find out the indigenous knowledge, beliefs and practices in planting, harvesting, storing, processing, and selling rice products. Both primary and secondary data are used in this study. Data collection was done using interview schedule. Two sets of respondents were interviewed to collect data - the farmers and some key informants such as the barangay captains, and the oldest people of the two (2) barangays. The study was conducted in the barangays of the Municipality of Magsaysay, Cuyo Island, Palawan. These barangays are Igabas, Emilod, and Balaguen. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results of the study show that Cuyunon farmers have many existing traditional practices related to planting, harvesting, storing, processing, and selling rice products. It also shows that Cuyunons practice traditional farming in the same way that upland rice farmers in some parts of the Philippines do. Based on the results the researchers recommend that the following aspects about the Cuyunon farmers should also be studied: (1) existing development programs implemented by the Government Agencies, and NGOs related to rice farming in the locality; (2) assessments of farmers attitude towards these programs; (3) accessibility of the technology introduced by these agencies; and (4) feasibility of establishment of a people’s organization among the farmers.
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    Effects of mood and self-awareness on an individual's helping behavior
    Amponin, Charm Marie G. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2006-03)
    This experimental research was conducted among student participants in the University to determine whether the differences in mood together with self-awareness can increase or decrease a person's helping behavior. It was also the aim of the researcher to find out if there are significant main effects on Mood and in Self-awareness towards helping. Participants were induced in a positive, neutral, or negative mood using articles having happy content, neither happy nor sad content, and sad content, respectively. On the other hand, self-awareness was measured using the mirror procedure. A brief mood questionnaire determined the story's effectiveness on the participant's affect. Using the Analysis of Variance and Tukey’s HSD test, with a computed F at .05 level of significance, results indicated that the main effect and interaction effect of mood and self-awareness produced a significant increase, as well as a significant decrease, in the participant’s expended effort to aid the researcher. Positive mood operated with self-awareness in increasing the participant's helping behavior to aid a person, while negative mood operated with self-awareness in decreasing their motivation to help. Having a positive feeling is viewed to be more inclined in giving assistance to those in need than those having bad feelings. More so when it makes a person aware that it feels good to give such aid. This study on mood and self-awareness confirmed that our emotions do affect behavior in helping others. Specifically, these determinants showed that being helpful may vary as a result of how a person feels at the moment and how consciously aware they are of themselves in a given situation.
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    The perceived responsiveness of laws and policies addressing the social concerns, needs and problems of South Korean students undertaking a non-degree course in the city of Iloilo
    Abastillas, Cristine Joy P.; Armentia, Shena Mae C. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2006-04)
    This study examines the perceived responsiveness of laws and policy addressing the social concerns, needs and problems of South Korean students undertaking a non-degree course in the city of Iloilo. It delves into the laws and policy that govern these alien students namely, the Office Memorandum Order No. 00-57 derived from the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940 and the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines. The subjects of this study are South Korean students taking a non-degree English language course in fourteen tutorial centers located in the city of Iloilo. Moreover, tutors employed in the said English language schools are as well interviewed to confirm some issues that South Korean students experience in their temporary sojourn in the city. The involvement of the Bureau of Immigration Officer-in-Charge and the Iloilo City Legal Counsel Official as key informants were also critical in gathering some data pertinent to the concerns faced by South Korean students as they provide profound information with a touch of legality. This study found out that the laws and policy identified and examined in this study partially address the social concerns, needs and problems of alien students in Iloilo City. The Penal Code only addresses aliens’ safety concerns and problems, while the Immigration Act, on the other hand, solely addresses the matters relating to immigration procedures and requirements which includes the acquisition of Special Study Permit. These two laws were found to have gaps since they do not address all the social concerns, needs and problems of South Korean students perceived by the interviewees. The social concerns, needs and problems of South Korean students in the city are not addressed because of the non-specificity of the two laws and the policy examined. Nonetheless, there still exist other domestic statutes and pronouncements that can address the concerns and problems of these alien students. Unfortunately, these laws are already outside the scope of this research project. Therefore, it is recommended that other laws be analyzed so as to know whether they effectively respond to the other social concerns, needs and problems of South Korean non-degree course students or not.