The curriculum during which period was based on nationalism?
A. Spanish
B. American
C. Japanese
D. New Society
D. Ironically, despite the countless cases of human rights abuses during the Martial Law period, the initial campaign of the Bagong Lipunan was the promulgation of national pride.
On which was the curriculum in the American period focused?
A. religion
B. practical applications
C. democracy
D. social revolution
C. Part of the supposed goals of the American colonization was to grant self-determination to the Philippines as a key element of the principle of democracy.
The value of the community is given emphasis in which approach to curriculum development?
A. Behavioral
B. Systems
C. Managerial
D. Humanistic
B. The systems approach focuses on how stakeholders contribute to the functioning of the curriculum.
The _____ established the first public school system in the Philippines.
A. Educational Reform Act of 1863
B. Leyes de Indias
C. Schurman Commission
D. Treaty of Paris
A. The Education Decree of 1863 provided for the establishment of at least two free primary schools, one for boys and another for girls, in each town under the responsibility of the municipal government. It also commended the creation of a free public normal school to train men as teachers, supervised by the Jesuits.
The _____ mandated the teaching of the Spanish language in the Philippines.
A. Educational Decree of 1863
B. Treaty of Tordesillas
C. Leyes de Indians
D. Treaty of Paris
C. The Leyes de Indians or Law of the Indies was mandated by King Philip II and instructed friars in the Philippines to teach the Spanish language. Because of geographical, cultural, and linguistic constraints, this royal decree was not followed.
During which period was the abolition of the current learning language base?
A. Spanish period
B. American period
C. Japanese period
D. New Society
C. As part of Japan’s campaign to rid Asian countries of Western Influence, the use of English was stopped and Nihonngo, along with Filipino, became the medium of instruction during the Japanese period.
The period in Philippine educational history that terminated the use of English is the _____.
A. Pre-hispanic period
B. Spanish period
C. Japanese period
D. New Society
C. As part of Japan’s campaign to rid Asian countries of Western influence, the use of English was stopped and Nihonngo, along with Filipino, became the medium of instruction during the Japanese period.
“Learning should be organized so students can succeed in mastering the content” corresponds to _____.
A. Cognitive psychology
B. Behaviorist psychology
C. Humanistic psychology
D. Applied psychology
B. Behaviorism, as a general school of educational thought, seeks to attain instructional objectives by altering the circumstances surrounding the teaching and learning process. Recall how Pavlov, Skinner, and Watson organized and manipulated the circumstances in their respective experiments to achieve their objectives.
Which of the following trends is influenced by reconstructivism?
A. Use of great books
B. Excellence in education
C. School reforms
D. Equality in education
D. Reconstructionists aim to make academic institutions agents of social change. They wish to address large-scale and encompassing issues such as equality in education, gender sensitivity, and racial tolerance.
The teacher being the sole authority agrees with what educational philosophy?
A. Progressivism
B. Essentialism
C. Perennialism
D. Reconstructivism
C. Perennialist classrooms are traditional; the teacher is seen as the source of all learning and decision-making and students are mere receivers of information.