| Abstract: | Population education is now part of the academic curriculum on the elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels in the Philippines, so adequate teacher training in the subject is important. When the teacher training program was instituted, a number of problems arose that can slow implementation of the curricular additions. The areas of concern are trainer competence, quality of training because of a lack of favorable attitudes toward population education, negative teacher attitude, superficial understanding of the subject by the teachers, lack of classroom space, and a training overload due to concurrent training in other fields. A combination of solutions are being investigated including a proposal for uniform guidelines for a structured training program as well as a modular training program that entails independent study. |
