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19th Century Education b.

Rhetoric
Catalyst: Education of sons of mestizos  Poetry
- in Manila  History
- in Europe (Spain, Germany)  Character Education
 Music
Significance: Emergence of Ilustrado Class (wealthy c. Philosophy
and educated mestizos)  Ontology
 Cosmology
NATIVE BOYS  Ethics
 outside town  Apologetics
 bahay gawa sa kubo/ bamboo  Natural Law
d. Physics
 School: Parish Convent (no specific school)  Mechanics
 Teacher: Friar (Parish Priest)  Hydraulics
 Curriculum: e. Mathematics
a. Christian Doctrine  Algebra
b. Church Music  Logarithm
c. Reading  Geometry
d. Writing  Trigonometry
e. Counting f. Science
 Language: Native Dialect (dictionary friar learns  Astronomy
Filipino)  Geology
 Significance:  Geography
1. There was little/ no participation of government in  Chemistry
education.  Biology
2. Church took the role of government in education  Mineralogy
3. Teachers were not trained to teach (no teachers)  Optics
4. No set of number of years of study  Language: Spanish
5. No specific levels of study  Grading System:
6. Girls were not encouraged to study  Sobre saliente (Excellent)
7. Spanish wasn’t used as the medium of instruction  Notable (Very Good)
8. Focus of education: Christianization  Bueno (Good)
9. Large number of Filipinos remained poor without  Aprobado (Passed)
a profession (mangmang)  Bachiller en Arts (5 years)
 Significance:
SPANISH BOYS 1. Schools: located – Manila are owned and operated
 School: Colegio by friar orders
Ex: Colegio de San Juan de Letran (Dominican) 2. Friars: principal educators
Colegio de San Jose (Jesuits) 3. No professional teachers
 Teachers: Dominicans (friars) 4. Only sons of Spaniards availed higher education
 Curriculum:
a. Grammar SPANISH GIRLS
 Spanish  School: Beaterio
 Latin Ex: Beaterio Sta. Rosa, Beaterio Sta. Catalina
 Greek  Teacher: Nuns
 French  Curriculum:
 English a. Christian Doctrine
b.Character Education
c. Music
d.Embroidery
e. Household Work
 Significance:
1. Courses leading to a profession were not offered.
2. Aimed at making them obedient housewives and
good wives.

SPANISH MEN
 School: Universidad
Ex: UST (only university -19th century)
 Teacher: Friar
 Courses Offered:
a. Theology
b. Law
c. Medicine
d. Pharmacy
 Significance:
1. Courses for higher study were only available for
Spaniards.
2. Colonial education was limited by social
stratification.

SPANISH AND CHINESE MESTIZOS


 Money  send sons to schools in Manila and
abroad (Spain and Germany)

Jose Rizal
 sent by his parents to study: Ateneo Municipal,
Universidad de Santo Tomas

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