Teaching Staff

Asst. Prof. Silahis Ocampo-Peckley has been teaching at the Department of Family Life and Child Development as a lecturer since 2021, handling subjects on lifespan development, marriage and family relations, and CWTS. Now a full-time faculty, she also teaches preschool children at the U.P. Child Development Center.

A writer and editor by training and profession, Teacher Silahis has been involved in extension work such as writing and editing training modules for child development teachers and workers; writing Lesson Exemplars for Kindergarten under the MATATAG curriculum of the Department of Education; and serving as resource person for a Knowledge Channel video on the importance of home and school partnership in the development of young children.

Education

• BA Journalism, College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman

• Master of Family Life and Child Development, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research Interests 

• Filipino families

• Parenting

• Family dynamics

• Filipino language and culture as it applies to studying and teaching children and families

Courses Taught