San Jose Community College
Name ADRIAN ONILONGO
Year&Course BSED MATH 2 A
1. Why was the focus of education different for different groups of people in
different places and at different periods in world history? What does this point
to regarding relationship of schools and society?
Education is important aspect to our society its our right to be educated.
Education focus in different groups of people in different places and at different periods
in world history because for us to know and understand the different values and beliefs
in our society.
2. Given the different characteristics of the different periods in the
Philippine history, what were the goals of education/schools during the:
A. Pre-colonial,
Education was informal and unstructured, decentralized.
Education basically prepared their children to become good husband and
wives.
B. Spanish period,
Education was formal and organized
There was a separate school for boys and girls.
C. American Regime,
Americans promoted democratic ideals and the democratic way of life.
D. Japanese Regime.
Diffusion of elementary education and promotion of vocation education.
Striving for the diffusion of the Japanese language in the Philippines and
the termination of the use of English in schools
Developing in people the love of labor.
E. Post-colonial period
Education aimed at the full of realization of the democratic ideals and
ways of life.
3. Was equal access to quality education met during the:
A. Pre-colonial,
Pre-colonial in Philippines refers to the period prior to the Spanish arrival.
From Wikipedia, precolonial Philippines is the history of the Philippines between
900 and 1565 begins with the creation of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription in
900 and ends with Spanish colonization in 1565. The inscription records its date
of creation in the year 822 of the Hindu Saka calendar, corresponding to 900 AD
in the Gregorian system.
I doubt there was equal access to education during this time period from
900 - 1565.
B. Spanish period,
During the Spanish colonial period, schools were owned and administered
only by the Catholic church (the Agustinians, the Recollects, the Dominicans and
the Jesuits). There was no national education system managed directly by
Government. So clearly this fall under unequal as, being Catholic, was a primary
requirement to get an education.
C. American Regime,
During the American colonial period, the American educational system
was assimilated into the country. These schools did not supplant the Spanish
Catholic schools but were additional new schools (public colleges, state colleges,
agricultural colleges, Protestant schools, elementary and high school public
schools). These schools were open to all religions and to all Filipinos. However,
all these schools required tuition fee payments. But if one cannot afford tuition,
then the schools had scholarship programs. You can say this was “more equal”
versus the Spanish colonial period. On the contrary, because tuition was not free
then there is arguably still some “inequality”.
D. Japanese Regime.
E. Post-colonial period
From Philippine independence in the 40’s to present day our school
system remained entrenched with the United States system. However, Major
changes have been done by our National Government since the 1950s.
To enumerate some advancements: the use of Filipino books that
replaced the American books in the 70’s; the creation of the Commission of
Higher Education to manage the educational system of our professionals;
offering FREE public education for elementary and high school; institutionalizing
FREE Night schools; then extending the FREE public education to K12 (basic
college); and the creation of TESDA (vocational institution specializing in skills
training specific to job opportunities).
4. DepEd’s mission is “to protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality,
equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education.” Has the Philippine
educational system from pre-colonial to present given equal access to quality,
culture-based and complete basic education? Or it was a privilege of a few?
Explain your answer.
II. 1. In more than two sentences, state the relationship of society and schools.
A school is a unique institution designed to meet specific social needs. As a result, it not
only receives aims and objectives from society, but its contents and methods are also
determined by the activities carried out in society for which the school functions.
However, society is dynamic and constantly changing. As a result, it is critical that the
character and nature of education imparted in schools change in response to societal
needs and developments.
5. What is meant by socialization as a function of schools?
One primary function of a school is to socialize children. This means that, in the society
of their peers, children learn acceptable behavior, reciprocal relationships, the norms of
society, and appropriate conflict resolution.
3. Can school change the socializing effect of family, the primary agent of
socialization? Can an excellent school undo socializing effect of an extremely deprived
home?
I'm thinking, but I doubt it, because family is the most powerful force, and
allowing it to shift and rearrange the way families associate would only be a short
adjustment. Anything that has the potential to split families apart would be powerful. It
might be categorized as mind control or brainwashing, however keep in mind that some
families do not socialize within or outside of the family.
It would be highly situational, in that the student would need to recognize, feel at
ease with, and gravitate toward the positive elements of the excellent school and its
greater resources, and the staff, faculty, and students at the excellent school would
need to be accepting and welcoming of the disadvantaged student, providing resources
and assistance as needed.
4.In the Philippines, was education a privilege enjoyed by all Filipinos since the
pre-colonial period? Why or why not?
5. Was the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) in support of equal
access to quality education? Why was it abolished when it did exactly what Filipinos
wanted?
III. Explain briefly the following questions.
1. Should college education be for all? Or should it be given only to those who are
intellectually capable of college education? Those who are not should be directed to
technical education. Isn’t giving access to college education for one who is not
intellectually capable a waste of time and resources?
2. Should we bring back the NCEE? Why or why not?
3. Of the developments in Philippine education in the post-colonial period, which is to
you is most important?
IV. Research on the following.
1. In the Philippines, education from elementary to secondary education is free.
What law made tertiary education free? Research on the tertiary education of the
other countries. Is it also free, or “only in the Philippines?”
Life skills were taught to primitive society. Are theses, life skills for primitive society the
same for the 21 centruy? Find out.
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