PHILIPPINE NORMAL UNIVERSITY

The National Center for Teacher Education

College of Graduate Studies and Teacher Education Research
Taft Avenue, Manila

Educational Leadership in the Social Sciences

Ann Sharmain D.G. Sta.Rosa Saturday 7:00 to 10:00 AM

Master of Arts in Social Science Education Dr. Zenaida Reyes

Chapter 8

Not on Our Turf:Barriers to Development

The printing press changed everything in Europe.When printing industry boomed by

Johannes Gutunberg.Almost 60% of the men's population and 40% of women were literate in
1800.Despite of this advantage resulted by printing industry the Ottoman Empire banned the use of
the printing pressfor hundred years but when they finally allowed it they created or assigned a panel
of religious experts to ensure that the printed materials are not immoral and achieved the standard
of political elites who lead the nation.

Extractive Institutions made it possible for the elites to dominate and control the
masses.As we discussed the Ottoman Empire they had an extractive institution and held back Arab
growth until its collapse after World War 1.Although Ottomans and other absolutist regimes held
back the growth of the nation some societies tht lack centralized states have a struggle to lead the
nations into prosperity thats why it depends on the leadership that the nations have.No printing
allowed also affected how nations stand in the present.An example of this was the spanish regime in
the Philippines.Where they also banned the printing press when the novel or masterpiece of the
Filipino people control so they banned those immoral and anti spanish masterpiece or publication.

This chapter of why nations fail deepened the understanding of why nations affected by
their history.Like the case of England and Spain where monarchy practiced.From those nations we
will learn that it depends on the leadership also of the leader.Being centralized and keeping their
own interest resulted to a huge disparity between the worlds nation.As a social science teacher we
need to widened our learnings or even our understanding about the history of the nations and learn
from it by analyzing why there's a nation who are gain prosperity and ehy others dont.We must do
our best in building a nation by molding our learners holistically and to be globally competitive with
the touch of nationalism.
 PHILIPPINE NORMAL UNIVERSITY
The National Center for Teacher Education
College of Graduate Studies and Teacher Education Research
Taft Avenue, Manila