SOURCES OF PHILIPPINE

PHILOSOPHIES OF
EDUCATION
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 Philosophy of Education
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 BY GREAT EDUCATION THINKERS

PLATO ARISTOTLE
PRE- SPANISH PERIOD
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 Education was informal, unstructured and devoid of
methods.
 Children were provided more vocational training
and less academics by their parents and in the
houses of tribal tutor.

R
eading
writing
ithmetic
 SPANISH ERA
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 The tribal tutors were replaced by the Spanish
Missionaries.
 Education:
 Religion-oriented
 For the elite
 Provided for the establishment of at least one primary school
for boys and girls in each town under the responsibility of the
municipal government.
 Establishment of normal school for male teachers under the
supervision on the Jesuits.
 Primary instruction was free and the teaching of Spanish was
compulsory.
 Education during that period was inadequate, suppressed and
controlled.
 The Philosophy of Education
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 BY GREAT FILIPINO THINKERS Disability and
hardship are not the
hindrance to pursue
education its all about
dedication.
Centers on the
provision of proper
motivation in order to
bolster the great social
forces that make
education a success, to
create in the youth an
innate desire to
cultivate his intelligence
and give him life
eternal.
 AMERICAN ERA
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Education should be universal and free all
regardless of sex, age, religion, and socio-
economic status of the individual.
The means of giving people an orientation
towards a democratic way of life.
Carried out by the civilian teachers of English
called “Thomasites.”
 JAPANESE OCCUPATION
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 Education was at its nadir, and was used as an
instrument for indoctrinating the people to embrace
the Japanese Ideologies.

 Educational system under the Japanese military

government were articulated in Executive Order No.
2 issued on Feb. 17, 1942, by the Commander-in-
Chief of the Japanese Army
 PHILIPPINE
INDEPENDENCE
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 The education philosophy was in accordance with the provision
of Article XIV Section 5 of the 1935 Constitution which provides
that:
 All educational institutions shall be under the supervision and subject to
the regulation by the State. The government shall establish and maintain
a complete and adequate system of public education and shall provide at
least free primary instruction and citizenship training to adult citizens.
 All schools shall aim moral character and vocational efficiency and to
reach the duties of citizenship. Optional religious instruction shall be
maintained by law. Universities established by the State shall enjoy
academic freedom. The state shall create scholarship in arts, sciences and
letters for especially gifted citizens.
 PROCLAMATION OF
MARTIAL
 LAW
 As far as education concerned, the Marcos
Constitution of 1973, Article XV Sec. 8 states that:
 All education institutions shall be under the
supervision and subject to the regulation by the
State. The State shall establish and maintain a
complete, adequate and integrated system of
education relevant to the goals
EDUCATION ACT OF 1982
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 This was an act that provided for the establishment and maintenance
of an integrated system of education.
Sec.2, This act shall apply to and govern both formal and non-formal
system in public and private schools in all levels of the entire educational
system.
Sec.3, Declaration of Public Policy
 CHAPTER 2 Rights
 Sec.8, Rights of Parents
 Sec.9, Right of Students in School
 Sec.10, Rights of all School personnel
 Sec.11, Special Rights and/or Privileges of Teaching or Academic Staff
 Sec.12, Special Rights of School Administration
 Sec.13, Rights of Schools
 CHAPTER 3 Duties and Obligation

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Sec.14, Duties of Parents
 Sec.15, Duties and Responsibilities of Students
 Sec.16, Teacher’s Obligations
 Sec.17, School Administrators’ Obligations
 Sec.18, Obligations of Academic Non-Teaching
Personnel
 MAINTENANCE OF
QUALITY EDUCATION
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 The Education Act of 1982 has provided measures to maintain quality
education. One of them is voluntarily accreditation.
 Voluntarily accreditation refers to the recognition of an educational program
or, where applicable, of an educational institution as processing certain
standards of quality or excellence.
 Programs or institutions desiring to be accredited generally have to pass
through these stages:
 Applicant Status- a stage where an institution is officially listed by the
accrediting agency as an applicant institution for a maximum period of three
years.
 Candidate Status- the period where an institution has already completed its
preliminary survey and starts preparing for formal survey.
 Member institution- this distinction is granted to an institution who satisfies
all the requirements for accredidation.
Several Accrediting Agencies
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 PAASCU - Philippine Accrediting Association of
Schools, College and Universities.
 ACSC-AA - Association of Christian Schools and
Colleges- Accrediting Association
 PACU-COA – Philippine Association of College and
Universities-Commission on Accreditation
 These existing accrediting agencies comprise the
Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the
Philippines (FAAP)
 AQUINO
ADMINISTRATION
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 “EDSA People Power Revolution” on February 22-
23, 1986
 1987 Constitution which provided the present
philosophy of education in the Philippines as stated
in Article XIV, Sec.3 (2).
 The 1987 Constitution provides in Article XIV,
Section I.
 ARTICLE XIV (1987 Constitution)
Education, Science and Technology, Arts,
Culture and Sports
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Section 1. The State shall protect and promote

the right of all citizens to quality education at
all levels and shall take appropriate steps to
make such education accessible to all.
EDUCATION FOR ALL
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President Aquino has declared the period
of 1990-1991 as the “Decade of Education
for All”
 Education for All encompasses four
major programs

1. Institutionalization of early Childhood

Care and Development (ECCD)
2. Universalization of quality Primary
Education (UQPE)
3. Eradication of Illiteracy
4. Continuing Education and Development
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 EDITORIAL
(TEMPO,
 MEETING April 26, 2010 issue)
THE GOALS OF EDUCATION FOR ALL

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Due to the sustained implementation of education reforms, the
Philippines is steadily moving towards the Education for All
(EFA) goal by 2015, the deadline set by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
 The Six EFA goals which Philippines has committed itself
include:
1. Expanding early childhood care and education
2. Providing free and compulsory education for all
3. Providing learning and life skill to young people and adults
4. Increasing adult literacy by 50 percent
5. Achieving gender equality by 2015
6. Improving the quality of education
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