SHENA CLAIRE V.
DELA PENA
PERIOD GOALS OF EDUCATION
1. Pre-Spanish Period  Integration of
individuals into the
tribe
 To promote reverence
for, and adoration of
Bathala (Supreme
Being)
2. Spanish period  Spread of Christianity
 Acceptance of
Catholicism and the
Spanish rule
3. American period  Spread of democracy
 Conquering the Filipinos
not only Physically but
CONTENT
 Tribal members learned
traditions, beliefs,
values, customs, and
patterns of behaviour
by listening to elders,
storytellers, and
chroniclers
 Not formal
 Community-based
 No educational system
 Education was oral,
practical, and hands-on
 Islanders knew how to
read and write with
certain characters
almost like Greek or
Arabic
 Ideas and facts were
acquired through
suggestion, observation,
example, and imitation
 Early Filipinos had an
early system of writing
which was believed
from Indian Sanskrit
 Spanish curriculum then
consisted of the 3 R’s-
reading, writing, and
religion with undue
emphasis on the last as
a total for perpetuating
the colonial order
 Catechetical instruction
 Use of corporal
punishment
 Rote memorization
 Not prescribed
 Flexible
 Not centralized
 No grade level
 No educational system
 Academic English
Language and literature
 Democratic English as
 also intellectually medium of instruction
 prohibition of  Prescribed
compulsory religious  Uniform
instruction in public  Centralized
schools  Formal
 Structured
 Existence of an
educational system
 curriculum was based
on the ideals and
traditions of America
and her hierarchy of
value
 primary curriculum
prescribed three grades
pertaining to two
aspects, the body
training and the mental
training
 intermediate curriculum
consisted of subjects
such as Arithmetic ,
geography, science and
English
 in collegiate level
normal schools were
opened with a teachers
training curriculum
 Reading materials were
about Tom, Dick and
Harry, George
Washington and
Abraham Lincoln
4. Japanese period  Spread of the New  Principle of the new
Asian Order order
 Six basic principles of  Role of education in the
Japanese Education Propaganda War
attempted to:  Role of education in
-Explain Japanese their vision of a New
Educational Thrust Order in Asia
-New Order  Threats and coercion
-Denounce Western  Japanese occupation
Nations  Rote memorization
-Support Oriental  Prescribed
hegemony  Uniform
 East- Asia co-prosperity  Propaganda tool
 Eradicate old idea of  Military backed
 reliance to Western existence of an
nations educational system
 Endeavor the morals of  School calendar became
people longer
 Diffusion of Japanese  Class size increased
language  Teacher rendered
 diffusion of elementary service during Saturday
education and  Discarded textbooks.
promotion of vocational  Eliminated Anti Asia
education Opinions
 spirit to love labor  Banned singing
American Songs
 Classroom Instruction
included the Teaching
of Traditional Subjects
for Elementary