Milagros Dimal Ibe is a multi-awarded teacher-educator in mathematics education. Dr. Ibe devised numerous teacher training programs and research studies that led to the development of policies in basic and higher education in the Philippines

Philippines

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. According to the Science Education Institute of the Philippines, "she has left a legacy of teaching with compassion to the young generation of math and science teachers" and "her ability to simplify esoteric concepts into lessons easily understood by young minds significantly helped in demystifying mathematics".

Educational background

Milagros Dimal Ibe was born in Lubao, Pampanga

Pampanga

Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...

 in 1931, but moved to Manila to study. She graduated summa cum laude from the now defunct Quezon College in Manila, with a BA in English and BSc major in mathematics. She taught for a few years in her hometown before she transferred to teach at the University of the Philippines Rural High School

University of the Philippines Rural High School

The University of the Philippines Rural High School was established as a subsidiary of the Department of Agricultural Education of the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture, pursuant to Sec.4 of Act 3377 of the Philippine Legislature which was approved on December 3, 1927...

 at Los Baños, Laguna. Eventually, she moved to the University of the Philippines Diliman, where she finished her Master of Arts major in curriculum and instruction. Later on, she got her PhD from the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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 in Canada

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. She almost became Dean of the College of Education in 1990, but instead she became Vice Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Awards and achievements

In 1993 Ibe was appointed Director of the University of the Philippines - Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (UP-ISMED). The Dolores Hernandez Lecture Series

Dolores Hernandez Lecture Series

The Dolores Hernandez Lecture Series is a celebrated series of public lectures in Science and Mathematics Education, traditionally read at Vidal Tan Hall of the University of the Philippines, National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development by one or a group of Academics or ...

 in science education was started by her during the start of her term, to be a monthly Friday afternoon event as part of the Institution's extension activities. The series continued through the years of her directorship and long after her term, though much less frequently. In December 1995, Dr. Ibe represented the Philippines in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

Retired life

Ibe retired from UP-ISMED in November 1996 on her sixty-fifth birthday, following the practice of those in government service, but she continued to work as consultant to various educational institutions and to the Professional Regulation Commission. Presently, Dr. Ibe, already in her mid-70s, is the Dean of Graduate School of Miriam College

Miriam College

Miriam College is a non-stock, non-profit Filipino Catholic educational institution for girls and young women in Quezon City, Philippines. It offers academic programs from pre-elementary to post-graduate and adult education levels that develop the learning and caring competencies of students and...

 in Quezon City and concurrently professor emeritus in the College of Education of the University of the Philippines, where she is still very active in promoting, among others, mathematics education.

External links

• http://www.saidi.edu.ph/node/266
• http://www.sito.org/cgi-bin/egads/showart?show=jaf.0019&idonly=jaf&seq=6
• http://ce1107boardexaminees.multiply.com/journal/item/21
• http://ca.supremecourt.gov.ph/cardis/SP78702.pdf
• http://www.diwa.ph/global/articles.php?id=20080208115050258