MENDOZA, AIRAH D

1EDFIL2D

EDU103 (HOMEWORK #4)

A competent educator must have a firm grasp on the field's historical foundations.
Learning about the history of education can shed light on how we got to where we are today. By
doing so, the present not only becomes more transparent, but it also sheds light on the potential
of the future.

Children had a basic education in ancient Philippines. Such training combined academic study
with practical experience. The father educated his sons in the ways of the warrior, the hunter, the
fisher, the miner, the lumberjack, and the shipwright. The mother educated her daughters in the
finer points of domestic life, such as cooking, gardening, and service.

There was supposedly a barangay school in ancient Panay called Bothoan, commanded by a
teacher who was typically an elderly man. Literacy, numeracy, weaponry, and lubus were all on
the curriculum at this barangay school.

Therefore, the educational system of the time reflected their requirements. Our educational
system has evolved as a result of historical events and colonization by other nations, yet we have
managed to preserve some of the timeless wisdom of the past.

It has been less than seven decades since the country celebrated its independence, and yet the
entire educational system has been reworked to reflect the needs of a young nation striving for
political and economic autonomy and a sense of national unity out of its many diverse cultural
and social components.