UNIVERSITY OF LUZON

GRADUATE SCHOOL

The American
curriculum

REPORTER:
KATHLEEN L. ENCARNACION
 American Curriculum

• The American – divised

curriculum was dominated with
the motive of conquering the
Filipinos not only physically but
also intellectually.
• The public school system
established and headed by an
American until 1935, was to train
the Filipinos after the American
culture and way of life.

• The curriculum was based on the

ideals and traditions of America
and hierarchy of values.
• The reading materials were about
Tom, Dick and Harry, George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

• Filipino children were taught to

draw houses with chimneys and to
play the role of Indians and
cowboys.
• They sang the Star –
Sprangled Banner and
Philippines, My Philippines to
the tune of Maryland, My
Maryland.

• English was the medium of

instruction.
 2 aspects of training
1. Body training
- singing, drawing, handwork,
and physical education.

2. Mental training
- English (reading, writing,
conversation, phonetics, and
spelling)
 Grade iii curriculum
• Geography and Civic were added
to the list of the subjects.

Intermediate Curriculum
• Consisted of subjects such as
Arithmetic, Geography, Science
and English.
***Science included plant life,
physiology and sanitation.
Collegiate level curriculum

• Normal schools were opened with

a teacher’s training curriculum
appropriate for elementary
mentors.

• It’s aim was to replace the

soldiers and the “Thomasites”.
• The curriculum organization
remained separate – subject.
• Group method of teaching was
adopted.

The significant aspect of the

American – devised curriculum was
the prohibition of compulsory
religious instruction in the public
schools.
THE CURRICULUM
DURING THE
COMMONWEALTH
 1935 – 1946 (commonwealth
period)
• Considered as the period of
expansion and reform in the
Philippine curriculum.

• American – trained Filipino

teachers applied in the Philippines
the educational reforms they
learned from U.S.
 Educationalleaders
introduced courses:

 farming
 trade
Business
Domestic Science (household
skills)
 Bureau of education
• Expanded the curriculum for the
training by elevating it from the
secondary normal schools to the
collegiate level.
• It’s the 2 years training after the
high school.
• Collegiate normal schools
operated in 1939.
 Commonwealth act 586
• also known as Educational Act of
1940.
• Reorganized the elementary
school system by eliminating
Grade VII and providing for the
double – single session in which
pupils attended classes for one-
half day only.
THANK YOU AND
HAVE A GOOD
DAY!!!