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Asian Social Insti­tute
Ph.D. in Applied Cos­mic Anthro­pol­ogy
1518 Leon Guinto Street, Malate Manila 1004, Philip­pines
Tel.: (3–2) 523‑8265 – 523‑8266 – 526 –5590

July 12, 2010

Nelca Leila Balisado-Villarin
Head
Stu­dent Involve­ment Office (SIO)
Depart­ment of Stu­dent Life (DSL)

Dear Ms. Balisado-Villarin,

I am invit­ing you as one of the co-researchers in a study on LIFE WITH EASE (NAKAKALUWAG): A HERMENEUTIC-PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY TOWARDS A PEDAGOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING. Along with this study are the 3 stages of infor­ma­tion gath­er­ing, namely: (1) Jour­nal Writ­ing, (2) Nar­ra­tion and (3) Interview.

I will ask you some ques­tions about nakakaluwag as a Fil­ipino value that envi­sions a sus­tain­able future. You may answer the first set of guide ques­tions that I will pro­vide you and give back to me per­son­ally your responses or send or email them at ingles.antonio@gmail.com on or before (please write your pre­ferred date) ___________________. After you have sub­mit­ted your jour­nal entries, we will meet for a nar­ra­tive ses­sion on or before (please write your pre­ferred date) ___________________, for you to freely share your story about your sig­nif­i­cant nakakaluwag lived expe­ri­ences. Finally, in another sep­a­rate ses­sion on or before (please write your pre­ferred date) ___________________ I will ask you about what you have writ­ten and narrated.

The results of this study will apply new insights into con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion and research for sus­tain­able liv­ing. The Fil­ipino value nakakaluwag may intro­duce an alter­na­tive ped­a­gog­i­cal frame and pro­pose val­ues re-orientation for sus­tain­able liv­ing. I guar­an­tee that your responses will not be iden­ti­fied with you per­son­ally. They will be uti­lized solely for the pur­pose of aca­d­e­mic study and will not be dis­closed to any other per­son or agency with­out your express con­sent. I promise not to share any infor­ma­tion that iden­ti­fies you with any­one out­side our research group. If you have any ques­tions or con­cerns, you may con­tact me at 09178661006.  Asian Social Insti­tute has approved this study.

Sin­cerely,

Anto­nio Levy S. Ingles, Jr.
Researcher

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Asian Social Insti­tute
Ph.D. in Applied Cos­mic Anthro­pol­ogy
1518 Leon Guinto Street, Malate Manila 1004, Philip­pines
Tel.: (3–2) 523‑8265 – 523‑8266 – 526 –5590

LIFE WITH EASE (NAKAKALUWAG): A HERMENEUTIC-PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY TOWARDS A PEDAGOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING

RESEARCH DECLARATION OF CONSENT

 I have had the scope and nature of the study fully explained to me. Any ques­tions about the study have been sat­is­fac­to­rily answered, and I under­stand that I may request fur­ther infor­ma­tion at any stage.

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I accept and note that:

1. My par­tic­i­pa­tion in this study is entirely voluntary.

2. I may with­draw from par­tic­i­pa­tion in the study at any time with­out expla­na­tion, dis­ad­van­tage or dis­in­cen­tive.
3. Any data per­tain­ing to my business/actions/opinions which is being uti­lized in this research is solely for the pur­pose of aca­d­e­mic study, and will not be dis­closed to any other per­son or agency with­out my express con­sent.
4. This infor­ma­tion may be incor­po­rated into the study, but actual names or other char­ac­ter­is­tics which may lead to iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of me/my business/my employer will not be dis­closed, nor appear in any sub­se­quent report, pre­sen­ta­tion or pub­li­ca­tion.
5. I may request to view any com­pleted drafts or sec­tions of the research report to which I have con­tributed, at any time.
6. A copy of the com­pleted research report will be made avail­able to me, on request, at the con­clu­sion of the research.

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DECLARATION

I have read and under­stood the infor­ma­tion set out on this form, and give my informed con­sent to par­tic­i­pate in this research project in accor­dance with the stated terms and conditions.

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Name of Co-Researcher              Name of Researcher

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Sig­na­ture                                                           Signature

 

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Date                                                                  Date

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Asian Social Insti­tute
Ph.D. in Applied Cos­mic Anthro­pol­ogy
1518 Leon Guinto Street, Malate Manila 1004, Philip­pines
Tel.: (3–2) 523‑8265 – 523‑8266 – 526 –5590

Guide Ques­tions – Jour­nal Writing

1. When do you feel/know that you are nakakaluwag in life?
(1. Kailan mo naram­damang nakakaluwag ka sa buhay)
2. What is the feel­ing of nakakaluwag in life?
(2. Ano ang paki­ram­dam ng nakakaluwag sa buhay?)3. In the many sit­u­a­tions that you are nakakaluwag in life, what part of your life do you find the following?

3.1 God,
3.2 self,
3.3 fel­low being
3.4 cre­ation
(3. Sa mga pagkakataong nakakaluwag ka sa buhay, saang bahagi ng buhay mo matatag­puan ang mga sumusunod?
3.1 ang Diyos,
3.2 ang iyong sar­ili,
3.3 ang iyong kapwa, at
3.4 ang kalikasan)

4. What lessons do the expe­ri­ences of nakakaluwag in life teach you?
(4. Anong mga aral ang itin­u­turo sayo ng mga karanasang nakakaluwag sa buhay?)

5. What lessons do you feel/think you will teach oth­ers?
(5. Anong mga aral sa iyong paki­ram­dam na itu­turo mo sa iyong kapwa?)

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Asian Social Insti­tute
Ph.D. in Applied Cos­mic Anthro­pol­ogy
1518 Leon Guinto Street, Malate Manila 1004, Philip­pines
Tel.: (3–2) 523‑8265 – 523‑8266 – 526 –5590

Guide Ques­tions – Narration

1. How can you tell that you are nakakaluwag in life?

(1. Paano mo masasabing nakakaluwag ka sa buhay?)

 

2. In a nakakaluwag–con­di­tion in life, how do you see

(a) God,
(b) your­self,
© your fel­low being and
(d) creation?

(2. Sa pagkakataong nakakaluwag sa buhay, paano mo nakikita ang (a) Diyos,

(b) iyong sar­ili,
© iyong kapwa at
(d) kalikasan?)

3. What lessons do you learn?

(3. Anong mga aral ang natu­tuhan mo?)

4. What lessons do you teach others?

(4. Anong mga aral ang itu­turo mo sa iyong kapwa?)

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Asian Social Insti­tute
Ph.D. in Applied Cos­mic Anthro­pol­ogy
1518 Leon Guinto Street, Malate Manila 1004, Philip­pines
Tel.: (3–2) 523‑8265 – 523‑8266 – 526 –5590

Guides Ques­tions – Interview

(1) jour­nal writ­ing and (2) narration

(1) jour­nal writing

Dur­ing the inter­view the writer will make use of the jour­nal writ­ing guide ques­tions includ­ing her/his answer.

(2) nar­ra­tion

1. About what you said regard­ing Fil­ipino value nakakaluwag, what items do you need to

(a) add,
(b) empha­size,
© mod­ify or
(d) delete?

(1. Tungkol sa mga nasabi mo hing­gil sa nakakaluwag bilang pag­pa­pa­ha­la­gang Pilipino, anong mga bagay-bagay ang kinakailan­gan mong

(a) idagdag,
(b) bigyang-diin,
© baguhin o
(d) alisin?)

2. Other than Fil­ipino value nakakaluwag, what are those that you need to

(a) include or

(b) high­light?

(2. Mal­iban sa nakakaluwag bilang pag­pa­pa­ha­la­gang Pilipino, anong mga bagay-bagay ang kinakailan­gan mong
(a) isama o
(b) bigyang-diin?)

3. What lessons does this study on Fil­ipino value nakakaluwag teach you in life?

(3. Ano ang mga aral na itin­uro nitong pananalik­sik ng nakakaluwag bilang pag­pa­pa­ha­la­gang Pilipino sa iyong buhay?)