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The Importance of Studying History of Education
Why do we have to bother with the educational goals of the past which is past and so we can no longer
undo?Dewey explain why a study of the history of education is valuabl.
1. Educational issues and problems are often routed in the past,the study of educational history can help
us to understand and solve today's problem.
2. Realistic Effort to reform education begin with present condition which are a product of our past,by
using our past,we are shape the future.
3. The study of education's past provides a perspective that explain and illustrates our present activities
as teachers
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 regarding relationship of school and society?
2. Given the different characteristics of the different periods in Philippine history,what were the goals of
education/school during the:
a. Pre-colonial,
b. Spanish period,
c. American Regime,
d. Japanese Regime and
e. Post-colonial period?
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3. Was equal access to quality education met during the:
a. Pre-colonial
b. American Regime
c. Japanese Regime and
d. Post-colonial period up to the present?
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 Philippines educational system from pre-colonial to
prevent given equal access to quality,culture-based and complete basic education? Or was it a privilege
of a few? Explain your answer.
5. Read the article below. What does job-skills mismatch imply about the relevance of schools to present
society? Are schools effective agents eof socialization in preparing Filipino graduates for their job roles?
DOLE urged to address job-skills mismatch
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday provided the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and
other concerned agencies to report on the status of its programs aimed at addressing job-skills
mismatch. Sen Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines Facebook page/ MANILA BULETIN).
Villanueva chairperson of the Senate committee on labor,employment,and human resources
development,made the appeal as he called a new on the Government to make sure that workers who
will be employed under the "Build,build,build". infrastructure program are skills-ready. "It has been are
consistent call on the concerned government agencies- Commission on higher education(CHED),
Department of labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of of Education (DEPED), and Technical
Education and skills Development Authority (TESDA) -- To up skill our workers and address the problem
of job skills mismatch which becomes imperative with the implementation of the administration's
Build,build,build program, Villanueva said in a statement.
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6. Education is a function of society. Considering the positive a negative elements of 21" Century society:
•state the educational goals that 21" Century schools should pursue;
•describe the ideal 21 Century graduate; and•describe the education delivery mode.
Will the survival skills taught in primitive societies suffice for the citizens of a 21st Century world?
TAKEAWAYS
•Education and school are a function and a creation of society.
•Goals in education reflect what society considers as necessary for survival, stability and convenience.
•A study of the history of education in the world and in the Philippines helps us see what societies in the
past considered important and enables us to appreciate the present which is a product of the past.
•Schools are agents of socialization. They prepare individuals for their varied roles in society.
Let's Check for Understanding
1. In not more than two sentences, state the relationship society and schools.
2. What is meant by socialization as a function of schools?
3. Can school change the socializing effect of family, the primary agent of socialization? Can an excellent
school und the socializing effect of an extremely deprived home?
4. In the Philippines, was education a privilege enjoyed by al Filipinos since the pre-colonial period? Why
or why not?
5. Was the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) abolishte of equal access to quality education?
Why was abolished when it did exactly what Filipinos then wanted?
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?
Was that not the very purpose of the National College Entrance Examination then to redirect to techvoc
courses those who were not capable of a college course?
Write your reflections.
2. Should we bring back the NCEE? Why or why not?
3. Of the developments in Philippine education in the post-colonial period, which to you is most
important?
Taking it to the Net
1. In the Philippines, education from elementary to secondary education is free. What law made tertiary
education free? Research on the tertiary education of other countries. Is it also free, or "only in the
Philippines?" Share your findings in class.
2. Life skills were taught to primitive society. Are these, life skills for primitive society the same life skills
for the 21st Century? Find out
