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    The document outlines the history of curricular reforms in the Philippines under different ruling powers. The pre-Spanish curriculum lacked organization, while the Spanish introduced the three R's. Under American rule, the public school system was established to teach American culture through subjects like English, arithmetic, and geography. During the Commonwealth period, the curriculum expanded with more vocational courses. The Japanese-devised curriculum replaced English with Japanese and halted educational progress.

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    The document outlines the history of curricular reforms in the Philippines under different ruling powers. The pre-Spanish curriculum lacked organization, while the Spanish introduced the three R's. Under American rule, the public school system was established to teach American culture through subjects like English, arithmetic, and geography. During the Commonwealth period, the curriculum expanded with more vocational courses. The Japanese-devised curriculum replaced English with Japanese and halted educational progress.

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    The document outlines the history of curricular reforms in the Philippines under different ruling powers. The pre-Spanish curriculum lacked organization, while the Spanish introduced the three R's. Under American rule, the public school system was established to teach American culture through subjects like English, arithmetic, and geography. During the Commonwealth period, the curriculum expanded with more vocational courses. The Japanese-devised curriculum replaced English with Japanese and halted educational progress.

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    Curricular Reforms in the

    Philippines
    The Pre-Spanish Curriculum

    • They did not have an organized system of


    education
    • Ideas and facts were acquired through
    suggestion, observation, example and
    imitation.
    The Sapanish- devised Curriculum

    • The spanish missionaries were the teachers


    during that time.
    • Spanish curriculum then considered of the
    three R’s – reading, writing and arithmetic.
    • The aim of the spanish devised curriculum is
    to; teach young boys and girls to serve and
    love God, discover what is good and proper
    for one’s self, and enables the individual to get
    along well with his neighbor.
    The American-devised Curriculum

    • The public school system established and


    headed by an American until 1935, was to
    train the Filipinos after the American culture
    and way of life.
    The primary curriculum prescribed in 1904 by
    the Americans for the Filipinos consisted of
    three grades provides training in two aspect;
    1. Body trainings- singing, drawing , handwork,
    and physical training.
    The American-devised Curriculum

    2. Mental Training- English ( reading, writing,


    conversations, phonetics, and spelling)
    nature study, and arithmetic. In grade 3
    geography and civic were added to the list of
    subjects.
    Intermediate Curriculum
    - Arithmetic, geography, science and english
    (science included plant life, physiology and
    sanitation)
    The American-devised Curriculum

    Collegiate Level
    -normal schools were opened with a teachers
    training curriculum appropriate for
    elementary mentors.
    The Curriculum during the Commonwealth
    (1935-1946)
    • Considered as the period of expansion and
    reform in the Philippine curriculum.
    • The educational leaders expanded the
    curriculum by introducing courses in farming,
    trade, business, and domestic science, etc.
    • The start of operation of the collegiate normal
    schools in 1939 and there was two years
    training beyond high school.
    The Curriculum during the Commonwealth
    (1935-1946)
    • Commonwealth Act 586, also known as
    Education Act of 1940, reorganized the
    elementary school system by eliminating
    grade VII
    The Japanese-devised Curriculum (1941-1945)

    • Nippongo and abolishing English as the


    medium of instruction and as a subject.
    • Causes a blackout in the Philippines education
    and impeded the educational progress of the
    Philippines.

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