COMMUNISM

in Philosophy
of Education
Lorraine Ann F. Castillo, LPT.
COMMUNISM
➔ from Latin word communis, meaning 'common, universal'

➔ is a philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement

whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, namely a
socioeconomic order structured upon the ideas of common ownership of the
means of production and the absence of social classes, money, and the state.

➔ is a specific, yet distinct, form of socialism.

 HISTORY
● 20th Century

● Aims for development and modernization

● Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) (1925–52) a.k.a.

All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), the major political
party of Russia and the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution of
October 1971 to 1991.
HISTORY
Education Theory in Marxist-
Leninist Philosophy

Karl Marx
- The father and founder of
Communism and Conflict Theory
- "Communism deprives no man of the
power to appropriate the products of
society; All that is does is to deprive
him of the power to subjugate the
labor of others by means of such
appropriation.”
Education Theory in Marxist-
Leninist Philosophy

Vladimir Lenin
- First Premier and Founder of
the Soviet Union
- "Communism is soviet power
plus the electrification of the
whole country.”
 Communism in Education
1
Physical Education 2
Fortify health; increase in labor Aesthetic Education 3
potential of people = improve
moral + improve volitional
Cultivate capability, understanding &
qualities: harmonious human
development
appreciation of what is beautiful in Education Work
life & art:
spirituality Self-education
 Communism in Education

● Allow students to work on

their own
Teaching
● Students must feel
themselves as a worker in
method
a laboring
Communism may have
a good intention but it’s
implementation tells a
different story.
 Communism is the
absence of submission
to authority
Communism in Philippine Universities
Communist Parties are penetrating the
different universities in our country,
agitating the minors, elevating their
involvement, and nurturing their
emotions.
Communism ruins not
only the value of
education but also the
value of family as the
basic unit of society.
Thank you and God bless
us all!