SPANISH

PERIOD
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Education during the Spanish Period

 Brought formal education

 The Friars or Spanish Missionaries established
parochial schools linked with churches to teach
catechism to the natives.
 Instruction was in the dialect.
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Education during the Spanish Period

 Education was managed by, supervised, and

controlled by the friars.
 Education in the country was not uniformed.
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Education during the Spanish Period

 Education was “religion- centered”

 Education was for the elite only
 Spanish is compulsory
 Boys and girls school are separated
 inadequate, suppressed and controlled
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Aims:
To propagate Christianity

Contents:
Religious Education, Vocational Courses
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Vocational: This includes learning the skills in precuring
basic necessities of like hunting, constructing a hut, etc.

Religious: (Animistic). Consisted in learning how to

participate in ritualistic practices ro please or to appease
the unseen spirits roaming around.
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Methods: Dictation and Memorization
 The vernacular was used as the medium of
instruction in parochial schools.
 The religious orders introduced the parochial school.
 Education is suppressed, exclusive (for the elite), and
inadequate.
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Spanish Contributions
 Education was formal
 Established schools from the primary level to the
tertiary level of education
 Focused on the Christian Doctrines
 Separate schools for boys (colegios) and girls
(beaterio)
 Ilustrados were accommodated in the schools.