Attention- Professor Hyun Chang RE- Engaging Asia 312 PowerPoint Presentation Assignment **CLICK ON SPEAKER ICONS ON EACH SLIDE TO HEAR AUDIO PART OF MY SPPECH From Student 13858137 N.Whiteside

1. By Nicola Whiteside
13858137
Engaging Asia
Semester 2 2013

2. 
Positioned along the Ring of
Fire, the Philippines is the
second-largest archipelago on
the planet
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Over 7,100 individual islands
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Capital City: Manila
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Philippines Population:
105,720,644 (2013 est.)
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2% annual pop. growth rate

3.  President
 U.S.
Benigno Aquino
style democracy
 Official
Languages’: Filipino and English
 Religion:
 Rates
81% Roman Catholic, 5% Muslim
highly for corruption

4.  Aim
to engage with
the children and
community of
Bantayan Island
 Charity
based, not-for-
profit
 Focusing
on
education, TESL,
Health

6. 
School life expectancy:
Philippines= 11.2ys
Australia= 16.6 yrs.

Number of children not
enrolled in prim or secondary
school:
Philippines= 646,449
Australia= 77,047
Source- UNESCO Institute for Statistics

7. 
Deteriorating public education

Govt. unable to provide basics

Students math/science proficiency
dropping

English language competency
dropped

Only 68% of children finish primary

Aim to donate my time and assist in
teaching English language speaking,
reading & writing.

Start Breakfast Program to feed
poorer children before class begins

8.  Affective
Culture- will openly express
emotion
 “For the family”- 1st rule for Filipinos
 Observe Catholic practices
 Dependency on Authority
 One of the largest Power-distance &
Status conscious societies in the world
 Gender Equality
 Expatriates accepted easily
Source (Hasegawa & Noronha, 2009)

10. 
Power Distance PDI
Score of Philippines= 94
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Indicates a hierarchical
society
Society driven by
competition, success
Individualism IDV
Score of Philippines=32
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Indicates a collectivist
society
Source- http://geert-hofstede.com
Masculinity MAS
Score of Philippines=64
Uncertainty Avoidance
UAI
Score of Philippines=44
Relaxed attitude, cannot
control the future

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2014 I will have a two
month stay in Baod
Find out current needs of
the children
Research best TESL
lesson plans
Liaise with teachers and
volunteer parents to
organise breakfast
program
Research businesses
who can sponsor/donate
Scholarships
Intro of a school nurse
*All Photographs shown are from Nicola
Whiteside’s own personal album

12. Australia-Philippines Aid Program (2012). Retrieved from
www.ausaid.gov.au/publications
Hasegawa, H. and Noronha C. (2009) (Ed). Asian Business and
Management: Theory, Practice and Perspectives. London:
Palgrave Macmillan.
http://www.uis.unesco.org
What about the Philippines?
http://geert-hofstede.com/philippines.html
Worldatlas.com (map image retrieved 26/10/2013)