Vibal links with US publishers for Global Education series

MANILA, Philippines - The globalization of Philippine education is off to a remarkable start with a landmark venture launched by leading educational publisher Vibal Publishing House.

The Vibal Global Education series was officially launched at the Future of Education Conference during the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) 2012 National Convention from Aug. 28 to 31, 2012. The project is a partnership with three major American publishers: Pearson, McGraw Hill, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and was initiated by Vibal president Gaspar Vibal who personally visited the American publishers’ offices around the US early this year.

The project will see popular textbook titles produced by the American publishers getting locally adapted and aligned with the Philippines’ K-12 curriculum. The book series, which adhere to the US Common Core standards, also boast of innovative features including differentiated instruction, strategic intervention, authentic assessment, vocabulary-building, leveled readers, reading diagnostics and tiered intervention, Understanding by Design (UbD), multi-modal learning, and the 5E model.

The initial titles to be launched for school year 2013-2014 are: enVision Math K-6, Reading Street K-10, and Interactive Science K-8 by Pearson; Go Math! K-6, Journeys (Language Arts) K-6, and Science Fusion K-8 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; and My Math K-8 by McGraw Hill.

“We are commissioning esteemed members of the academe so that the materials will be more localized and made relevant to the lives of Filipino learners. We are starting with the three core subjects of Math, Science, and English, featuring best-selling titles from the three publishers,” Corotan added.

To watch a video of Vibal’s Global Education products, visit www.youtube.com/watch? v=W7PbzHTteRE&feature=youtu.be