The Teacher and The School and The Community
The Teacher and The School and The Community
Felipe
BEED III
Let’s Reflect
Let Clinchers
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 a function of society and as such what are taught in schools arise
from the nature and character of society itself. What society considers
important is what schools teach.
2. Given the different characteristics of the different periods in Philippine history,
what were the goals of education/ schools during the:
a) Precolonial
This education basically prepared their children to become good husband and
wives. Children were provided more vocational training but lesser academics .
Teachers were tribal tutors (Babaylan or Katalonan).
b) Spanish period
Pupils attended formal schooling in the parochial school. Instruction was religion
oriented. Christian doctrines, sacred songs and music and prayers were taught
because they were required for confession and communion.
c) American regime
T he Americans promoted democratic ideals and the democratic way of life.
Training was done through the schools both public and secular manned by
Chaplains and Military Officers of the US Army.
d) Japanese regime
Make the people understand the position of the Philippines as a member of the
East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Diffusion of elementary education and
promotion of vocation education.
e) Post- colonial period?
Education aimed at the full of realization of the democratic ideals and way of
life. Elementary education was nationalized and matriculation fees were
abolished
Will the survival skills taught in primitive societies suffice for the citizens of a 21 st
Century world?
If you live in a modern society, survival skills are not enough. You are not allowed
to hunt squirrels in Central Park, then to cut a tree for cooking them.
1. In not more than two sentences, state the relationship of society and schools.
School is a special institution, created to serve specific social needs. It, therefore,
not only gets aims and objectives from society but its contents and methods are
also determined in accordance with the activities, carried on in society, for
which the school functions.
2. What is meant by socialization as a function of schools?
Socialization refers to a process by which individuals acquire a personal identity
and learn the knowledge, language, and social skills required to interact with
others. Students don't only learn from the academic curriculum prepared by
teachers and school administrators. They also learn social rules and expectations
from interactions with others.
3. Can school change the socializing effect of family, the primary agent of
socialization? Can an excellent school undo the socializing effect of an extremely
deprived home?
Schools serve a latent function in society by socializing children into behaviors
like practicing teamwork, following a schedule, and using textbooks. Schools also
socialize children by teaching them about citizenship and national pride. A
knowledge of normal child development is a necessary basis for understanding
the needs of deprived children.
4. In the Philippines, was education a privilege enjoyed by all Filipinos since the pre-
colonial period? Why or why not?
No, because education in this period is informal and unstructured,
decentralized. Instead of focusing on the whole-child approach, fathers taught
their sons on how to look for food and other means of livelihood and mothers
taught their daughters how to do household chores. They give less focus on the
academics which disregard the cognitive learning of the child.
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 then
wanted?
The exam is meritocratic in nature, similar to how Singapore and China assigns
slots for college-bound students. It was discontinued because several pundits
noted that the exam is anti-poor (naturally flunkers would come from the
poorest sectors of the nation, and failing the exam just gives them further undue
disadvantage in pursuing their studies).
Let’s Reflect
1. Should college education be for all? Or it should 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?
College education should be for all who wants to study. No, it should not be only
to those students who are intellectually capable of college education because it
doesn't mean that if you fail to pass that examination meaning you are
considered and labeled as not intellectually capable.
A students who are not intellectually capable is not a waste of time and
resources if they are given an access to college education as long as they are
willing and eager to study hard then that "intellectually capable" thing should
not be the bases if the students are eligible to take college education
Was 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?
"Those who are not should be directed to technical education", in this phrase I
can tell that I am not in favor because what if the students doesn't really want
that and are eager to pursue higher education no matter what? Are they just
going to leave them like that and tell that "you are not intellectually capable in
studying college education you should proceed studying in techvoc" in which it's
kind of not good.If the student cannot really make it and fail in every subject
then that's the time that he/she starts considering other options but it is not
appropriate to jump into conclusion that advising them to proceed in techvoc
education. Besides, we never know unless we try. Maybe that was the very
purpose of the National College Entrance Examination the - to redirect to
technical vocational courses those who were not capable of a college course
because for sure not all students who will take the exam will pass.
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
Yes, We still need to learn the basic life skills for primitive society such as Food,
Water, Fire and Shelter.
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