Name: ___________________________________ Course: ___________________________

Instructor: Edmund D. Mendoza, PhD.

Activity Sheet No. 1

HISTORICAL FOUNDATION IN EDUCATION

Instruction: The students are required to conduct research activity using the
internet or other learning resource materials available in the school library. It
is expected that the students shall make a table summary of the historical
foundation in education.

Historical Educational Curriculum in Agencies or Agents

Group or Goals or Aims Education
Period
Primitive 1.Security and Vocational (learning Parents, tribal, elders,
Education survival. the skills in procuring and priests
2.To cultivate basic necessities like
group hunting, fishing,
cohesiveness. constructing a hut,
3.Preservation etc.)
and Religious (Consisted
transmission in learning how to
of participate in
traditions. ritualistic practices
like food gathering
stories, myths, songs,
and dances to please
or to appease the
unseen spirits
roaming.)
Egyptian Preservation of 1.Religious Education HOME
Education cultural 2. Vocational- TEMPLE Schools
patterns professional COURT SCHOOLS
ULITARIAN-to education MILITARY SCHOOLS
transfer skills 3. Military Education VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
from father to 4. Public
son so that the Administration
son could run 5. Priesthood
his daily life. Education
6. Home Arts
Traning of Education
scribes

Religious
Greek To cultivate Children were trained Private teachers and
Education civic in music, art, schools
responsibility literature, science, Sophist philosophers
and identity math, and politics. Military teachers
with the city- Drill sergeants
state.
Physical education
To produce was also rigorously
good citizens taught as beauty was
trained in the so important.
arts Subjects include
swimming, wrestling,
To prepare running, jumping.
citizens for
both peace and In place of morals,
war. Greek boys were
taught to be patriotic,
respect religious
rights, and generally
to always strive to
maintain a good
appearance in public.
There were essential
four levels of
education in Ancient
Greece. From 0-6
years of age, a boy
was under domestic
training under his
mother or a nanny.
Nannys were for the
rich.
From 7-14 years of
age, the boy was
placed under a
guardian called a
pedagogue and sent
to school. There he
studied with private
teachers the basics of
education.
From 14-18 there
was a split, the rich
continue their
education while the
 poor would branch off
and focus on learning
a trade from their
fathers. For the rich,
they would study
more complex
subjects such as
philosophy or higher
match. At 18 years of
age, a boy would
enter military service.

Spartan to make every 1. Intensive The State was the

Education citizen gymnastics and sole agency of
physically paramilitary education. Every phase
perfect, exercises. was controlled by the
warproof, and 2. Practice in moral State.
completely and social habits for
obedient to the the state
state. such as controlling
to cultivatethe appetite,
conformity, modesty,
obedience, obedience and
bravery, respect and listening
strength, intently to
cunning, elders, etc.
endurance, 3. Reading and
and patrioticwriting to a limited
efficiency. extent to
understand the
Lycurgus laws and
some poems of
Homer.
4. Music with
serious, moral and
martial rhythm to
arouse patriotism.
5. Speech had to be
laconic and terse.
6. For girls,
gymnastics to make
them strong to bear
STRONG CHILDREN
Athenian To develop a 1. Reading by the 1. Private schools. They
Education well-rounded alphabet method were the first schools
and liberally 2. Writing on wax and for boys.
educated tablets 2. Home. The girls were
person. 3. Arithmetic for taught at home by their
INDIVIDUAL market use mother and slave
EXCELLENCE 4. Homeric and other nursemaids.
MAN-SIDED poems 3. State. It was not clear
DEVELOPMEN 5.Gymnastic of the state
T exercises maintained public
6. Physical education schools but education
exercises was
7. Military training supervised by State
subjects although education was
not compulsory
Roman 1. Education Reading, writing 1. Home
Education was for arithmetic, 2. Shop and Farm
practical Laws of Twelve 3. Military Camp
purpose, to Tables, law, 4. Forum
produce men philosophy 5. Private Schools and
who would be teachers
active and Boys and girls did not
efficient in receive the same
daily life. education.
2.To produce
good citizens Boys would be given
who knew how lessons in
to honourability and
exercise their physical training
rights, fulfil which were
their duties considered
and preparation for a
obligations, man’s role in society
and acquire and the army.
virtues such as Although they
piety, learned how to do
obedience, simple addition and
manliness, subtraction more
courage, difficult mathematics
bravery, was not taught
industry, because it was
honesty, difficult to add up
prudence, etc. numbers written in
the Roman system.
3. Military. To
train to be Girls were only
allowed to learn to
 good soldiers read and write
and
conquerors in 1. Ballads and songs
war. glorifying traits
4. Civic and esteemed
political. To by the Romans.
train men to be 2. The Laws of the
participative Twelve Tables. The
and wise in youth
politics. memorized these laws
5Religious,to which defined private
train men to and public
have reverence relationships and
for the gods. human and
property rights.
3. Religious
ceremonies and
usages. All
activities were under
the auspices of gods
who have to be
placated always by
sacrifices
and ceremonies.

Guide Question/s:

1. What are your significant learnings/insights on the different historical

foundations in education in your future role as a classroom teacher?

The different historical foundations in education plays a very important

role in the development of the nation. These historical foundations has
been the guide on how to develop and modify the curriculum, what to
teach and what should be the core material of the subjects, and what
goals we hope to achieve through the curriculum.As a future classroom
teacher, these will help me to decide what should I teach, what best
practices I should incorporate into curriculum teaching, and what types
of teaching I should avoid. As a future teacher, these historical
foundations in education will assist me in understanding different
teacher psychology at various times, which will assist me in improving
my teaching styles. The history also includes information about the
learner's behavior at various points in time. It also contains information
about the students' psychology, how they learn, and what they want to
learn. Due to the long history of the curriculum development process
from Plato to modern curriculum, curriculum has changed its shapes
 and patterns from teacher center curriculum to learner center
curriculum.
References:

http://fcc-educ110.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/6/3/23636704/
historical_foundations_of_education_presentation_transcript.pdf

https://educationalresearchtechniques.com/2018/07/18/education-in-
ancient-athens/

https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/cebu-technological-university/
bachelor-of-secondary-education-major-in-english/chapter-2-historical-
foundation-of-education/13675353
For students to contextualize their own learning and to better understand the
educational systems that have shaped their lives, it is crucial to understand
the historical roots of education. The various eras of education have produced
a wealth of information and experience that teachers can draw upon when
developing lesson plans and instructional strategies. It is crucial for teachers in
the classroom to take into account the various viewpoints and experiences of
students from various backgrounds as well as the influence of the past on the
present. Understanding various approaches and being able to incorporate each
approach's best practices into lesson plans are crucial. Without regard to a
student's past or present, it is critical to foster an environment in the
classroom that is fair, inclusive, and respectful of all participants. Teachers can
assist students in developing a more thorough understanding of the world
around them and the history of their discipline by having a thorough
understanding of the various time periods in education.

Because the curriculum is always based on the future demands of the country
and the lessons learned through history, tell the curriculum developer not to
repeat the mistake of the past and develop a curriculum that is based on the
future needs of the society and international demands. History is a snapshot of
past successes and failures.