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1. Idealism
Aim: To develop the individual spiritually, mentally, morally
Curriculum: Content essential for mental and moral development (Philosophy, Values Education, GMRC,
Christian Living, Math, Arts, Literature)
Methods: Provide opportunities for mental and moral evaluation (questions and discussion, lecture,
meditation)
2. Realism
Aim: To provide students of essential knowledge to survive the natural world
Curriculum: Math and Science (highly factual) Combination of subject-matter and problem–centered
concepts to acquire research skills, observation, experimentation, analytical skills, critical thinking
Methods: Problem-solving inquiry, discovery method
3. Existentialism
Aim: To train the individual for significant and meaningful existence
Curriculum: Subjects that recognize individual differences and complete freedom to work (arts for
aesthetic expression)
4. Pragmatism/Experimentalism
Aim: To teach students how to think so that he can adjust to the demands of an ever changing world
Curriculum: Subjects as tool for solving individual/group problems
Integrated and based on society’s problems
Methods: Activity-centered, pupil-centered
Lecture Slides of Dr. Ronaldo Elicay (2013), Ateneo de Naga University
Perennialism
Aim: To develop power of thought
Curriculum: Subject matters that are universal and constant (Arts and Sciences)
Essentialism
Aim: To promote the intellectual growth of the learners
Curriculum: essential skills and subjects (3Rs)
Progressivism
Aim: To provide the pupil the necessary skills to be able to interact with his/her ever
changing environment
Curriculum: Activity and experience-centered (emphasis on life experiences)
Methods; Problem-solving, reflective strategies, cooperative learning strategies,
socialized group activities and situations
Social Reconstructionism
Aim: Education for change and social reform
Curriculum: Social Sciences, National/International/Global Issues (examination of
problems nationally and internationally), Philosophy
Lecture Slides of Dr. Ronaldo Elicay (2013), Ateneo de Naga University
OTHER PHILOSOPHIES The Teaching Profession
OVERVIEW
•Epicureanism •Naturalism
•Stoicism •Hinduism
•Christian Philosophy •Buddhism
•Rationalism •Confucianism
•Empiricism
EPICUREANISM
“teaches that the greatest good is to seek modest
pleasures in order to attain a state of tranquility,
freedom from fear ("ataraxia") and absence from
bodily pain ("aponia").”
https://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_epicureanism.html
www.iep.utm.edu/epicur/
STOICISM
“knowledge and its pursuit are no longer held to be
ends in themselves…To the Stoic, virtue is an
inherent feature of the world, no less inexorable in
relation to humans than are the laws of nature”
https://www.bjupress.com/resources/christian-school/solutions/philosophy-
education.php
RATIONALISM
“the philosophical stance according to which reason is the
ultimate source of human knowledge”
“any view appealing to intellectual and deductive reason
(as opposed to sensory experience or any religious
teachings) as the source of knowledge and justification”
Notable Philosophers: Rene Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, Gottfried
Leibniz etc.
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-rationalism-in-philosophy-2670589
https://www.philosophybasics.com/movements_rationalism.html
EMPIRICISM
“sense experience is the ultimate starting point for all our
knowledge”
“there is no such thing as innate knowledge, and that
instead knowledge is derived from experience (either
sensed via the five senses or reasoned via the brain or
mind)”
Notable Philosophers: Roger Bacon, William Ockham, Francis
Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke etc.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/empiricism
http://www.mesacc.edu/~davpy35701/text/empm-v-ratm.html
NATURALISM
“relates scientific method to philosophy by affirming that all
beings and events in the universe (whatever their inherent character
may be) are natural. Consequently, all knowledge of the universe
falls within the pale of scientific investigation.”
“The child develops inevitably as a product of nature, and the
main function of the teacher is to provide the optimum conditions
for that development.”
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hinduism
https://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/h_education.asp
BUDDHISM
“The Buddha was perhaps the original post-modernist who
provides a model for education in which the heart and mind are
rightly inextricably joined. It is the basis for a truly holistic
philosophy of education.”
“Buddhism is quite clear that for all human beings there is the
possibility of self-transformation through mental development
and that resonates clearly and profoundly with what educationists
believe about the power and significance of the learning process.”
https://www.clear-vision.org/Schools/Teachers/teacher-info/education-learning-
article.aspx
CONFUCIANISM
“Confucius attempted to produce chun tzu, which is quite similar to
the English word, "gentleman." Originally both Chinese and English
words meant one born into a high social station, but both came to
mean one with a proper and suitable behavior and cultivation,
regardless of birth. His main goal was the cultivation of
character, through observation, study and reflective thought. “
www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Confucius.html
CONFUCIANISM
“Confucius said "Study without thought is labor lost; thought without
study is dangerous." When referring to his own way of learning, he
said -To hear much, select what is good, and follow it;" Thus he saw
learning as a process of observation of some type of subject
matter whether it be books, objects, or people, followed by
reflection, that somehow changed one. He saw learning as a
highly personal and therefore, highly individual activity.
www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Confucius.html
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS Curriculum
Development
PERIOD GOAL FOCUS METHOD COURSE of STUDY GENERAL
CHARACTERISTICS
American Spread of Academic English Democratic English Prescribed; uniform; Formal; structured;
Democracy as medium centralized existence of an educational
system
Japanese Spread of the Principles of New Rote memorization; Prescribed; uniform; Propaganda tool;
New Asian Order Order use of threat and centralized repressively anti-American
punishment and anti-British; military-
backed existence of an
educational system
Bago, A. (2008). Curriculum development: The Philippine experience, 2nd ed. C & E Publishing
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS
Pre-Spanish Period
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
1946-1956
Teaching of the national language (as a subject) in public
schools
Shortening of elem. curriculum from seven to six years
Compulsory attendance in the primary grades
Singing of the PH national anthem and recitation of a
patriotic pledge (Commonwealth Act No. 589- Aug. 19,
1940)
GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
Bilbao, Purita P. et. al. (2015), The Teaching Profession, 3rd Ed., Metro Manila: Lorimar Publishing Co. Inc.
1957-1982
Vernacular language as auxiliary medium of instruction in
Gr. 1 and 2; Pilipino and English offered as subjects
Character Education and Good Manners and Right
Conduct as separate subjects offered both in elementary
(everyday in the most suitable language during opening
exercises) and secondary (40 minutes once a week in
English)
REVISED ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAM
Bilbao, Purita P. et. al. (2015), The Teaching Profession, 3rd Ed., Metro Manila: Lorimar Publishing Co. Inc.
1957-1972
Common Curriculum for first two years
College preparatory track or vocational track for 3rd
and 4th year
Bilbao, Purita P. et. al. (2015), The Teaching Profession, 3rd Ed., Metro Manila: Lorimar Publishing Co. Inc.
1973-1988
By hour programming instead of 40 min. per subject
Implementation of the Bilingual Education Policy (Dept. Order No. 25 s.
1974)
Renaming of different subjects (English and Pilipino as Communication Arts,
Health and Physical Education as Youth Development Training, PH military
training [PMT] as Citizen’s Army Training [CAT])
Issuance of Revised Teacher Education Curriculum (D.O. No. 8 s. 1970)
Bilbao, Purita P. et. al. (2015), The Teaching Profession, 3rd Ed., Metro Manila: Lorimar Publishing Co. Inc.
2012-2013
K-12 Roll-out
13-year basic education cycle
Kindergarten to Grade 3
Grades 4 to 6
Grades 7 to 10 (Junior High School)
Grades 11 and 12 (Senior High School)
R.A. 10533
Standards-/competence-based/ spiral curriculum
Bilbao, Purita P. et. al. (2015), The Teaching Profession, 3rd Ed., Metro Manila: Lorimar Publishing Co. Inc.
TRIFOCAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Bilbao, Purita P. et. al. (2015), The Teaching Profession, 3rd Ed., Metro Manila: Lorimar Publishing Co. Inc.