Foundations of Education refers to a broadly-conceived field of educational study that derives its character and methods from a number of academic disciplines, combinations of disciplines, and area studies, including: history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, religion, political science, economics, psychology, cultural studies, gender studies, comparative and international education, educational studies, and educational policy studies.
Sociology is the study of society and social interactions taking place within it.
Socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society.
Open admission policy may support equitable access but may sacrifice quality.
During the Spanish period, the media of instruction in schools were Spanish and the Vernacular.
Teaching students self-responsibility is the desire of the existentialist teacher.
The main objective of the Educational Service Contracting Scheme or ESC is to decongest public secondary schools by "contracting" the excess capacities of private high schools through the provision of subsidies for students who, otherwise, would have gone to the public high schools.
Education Service Contracting Scheme point to the
complementary roles of public and private institutions in the educational
system.
Education Service Contracting Scheme is a proof of the public-private partnership for government to give access to quality secondary education.
MISOSA stands for Modified In-school Off-school Approach.
Modified In-School Off-School Approach (MISOSA) frees the children from the confines of the four comers of the classroom as it allows pupils to learn even while at home or in the community.
Under MISOSA, a class of pupils is divided into two groups. Group 1 goes to class for a period of time while the Group 2 learns at home or in other learning venues such as a Barangay Hall leaming through modules or performing assigned tasks. At the end of one week, Group 1 spends time learning outside the school while Group 2 attends formal classes. At certain times, the two groups are gathered in one class to learn together as one group.
e-IMPACT stands for Enhanced Instructional Management for Parents, Community and Teachers.
EASE stands for Effective and Affordable Secondary Education.
Project Effective and Affordable Secondary Education (EASE) was a project that targeted students in disadvantaged situations who were unable to attend regular sessions. EASE provided a temporary study-at-home solution until the student was able to return to the formal classroom setting.
e-IMPACT is a technology based alternative method of learning that is fueled by student interactions. Every student is given access to online modules and online guides to learning materials.
OHSP stands for Open High School System.
Open High School System is an alternative mode of secondary education that uses distance learning. It caters to learners who are unable to attend the regular class program due to physical impairment, work, financial difficulties, distance of home to school, and other justifiable and legitimate reasons.
ADM stands for Alternative Delivery Mode.
Alternative Delivery Modes (ADM) are tried and tested alternative modalities of education delivery within the confines of the formal system that allow schools to deliver quality education to marginalized students and those at risk of dropping out in order to help them overcome personal, social and economic constraints in their schooling.
At the elementary level, multigrade instruction is an alternative delivery of formal education whereby there is one teacher for two, three or four different grade levels of students in a single class.
Under OHSP and EASE, students at risk of dropping out (SARDOS) are provided three modes of learning to be able to continue their schooling even without attending formal classes. They are modular system, internet-based learning, and blended technology which is a merger of the modular and internet-based learning.
Alternative Learning System (ALS) is a parallel learning system that provides a viable alternative to the existing formal education instruction.
Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) Program is offered for literates who have not completed ten years of basic education.
Basic Literacy Program is an ALS program which caters to the illiterates. Indigenous Peoples (IP) Education is a program that aims to develop an IP culture- sensitive core curriculum, learning materials and assessment tools/instruments.
Informal Education Program provides opportunities for adolescents, parents, and street children to acquire and accumulate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values from daily experiences at home, at work, at play, and from life itself.
The provisions of RA 10533 make clear that schools should be community-centered.
During the pre-Hispanic period, there was no established formal schooling in the country.
During the Spanish period, free public school system was established by virtue of Educational Decree of 1863.
Bilingual education is a form of education in which information is presented to the students in two languages.
The Americans gave bright young Filipino students opportunity to take up higher education in American colleges and universities. These Filipinos came to be known as "pensionados" for their education in the United States was financed by the government in the Philippines.
According to the 1990 EDCOM congressional review and assessment, low investment and poor management primarily caused the declining quality of Philippine education.
During the American period, American soldiers served as the first teachers.
In 1901, the Philippine Commission enacted into law Act 74 which Department of Public Instruction.
Act No. 74 provided for the establishment of the Philippine Normal School in Manila.
During the Spanish period, the Education Decree of 1863 mandated the establishment of at least one primary school for boys and one for girls in each town under the responsibility of the municipal government, and the establishment of a normal school for male teachers under the supervision of the Jesuits.
Universal basic education is the major change that makes American education system superior to the Hispanic education system in the Philippines.
The factor which contributed to the great demand for teachers during the American regime was the opening of the free public education.
The program of the Department of Education which is an offshoot of the Filipino Bayanihan spirit is Brigada Eskwela.
Primitive education revolved around security and survival from dangers that could be inflicted by natural phenomena and hostility of other tribes.
Roman education was utilitarian. Education was for practical purpose, to produce men who would be active and efficient in daily life.
The outstanding contribution of the Sumerians to education
was the cuneiform writing.
The Chinese were the first to implement the civil service examination system for selecting candidates for state bureaucracy.
Learning and Innovation Skills Frameworks include critical thinking and problem solving, creativity, and innovation and communication, and collaboration and technology skills.
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that considers the physical universe and the nature of ultimate reality.
Axiology is the branch of philosophy that considers the study of principles and values.
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.
Logic is the branch of philosophy that seeks to organize reasoning.
Theatrical conventions are the agreements between audience and actor wherein the audience willingly suspends belief and accepts the play as new or temporary "reality."
Theomachy is the battle among the gods of supremacy between good and evil in mythologies.
Tone refers to the overall mood and message of your book. It is established variety of means, including voice, characterization, symbolism, and themes.
Viewing refers to the ability to perceive meaning from visual images and presentations.
Visual Literacy is the ability to interpret meaning from visual images.
Voice pertains to who or what serves as the subject in a clause.
War and Peace is a historical novel about Napoleonic invasion of Russia in 1812.
Washington Irving is a novelist and essayist noted for his "Midnight's Children" and "The Satanic Verses which prompted Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa against him, because Muslims considered the book blasphemous.
Waste not, want not, means do not waste things you will always have enough.
Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero is considered the most outstanding among Filipino playwrights. William Faulkner wrote the short story " A Rose for Emily."
William Shakespeare wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 epic narrative poems.
William Shakespeare wrote the line "Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise."
William Tyndale is the Father of English prose while Geoffrey Chaucer is the father of English poetry.
Writers use satire to make fun of some aspect of human nature or society - usually through exaggeration, ridicule, or irony.
Writing is the process of using symbols to communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form.
I am a progressivist. For teaching in the affective domain, I will engage my class in values clarification.
The teacher's teaching philosophy is reflected by the choice of teaching methods.
Idealism has the educational objective to indoctrinate Filipinos to accept the teachings of the Catholic Church which is to foster faith in God.
Existentialism is taught by Sartre when he said, "Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself."
Constructivists assert that teaching is not just depositing knowledge into the empty minds of the learners. It is helping students create knowledge and meaning of their experiences.
Religious rituals in the classroom and in the school programs prove the deep natural religiosity of the Filipinos. The philosophy has greatly contributed to this tradition is Confucianism.
Inclusive education means that all students attend and are welcomed by their neighborhood schools in age-appropriate, regular classes and are supported to learn, contribute and participate in all aspects of the life of the school.
In structural perspective, socialization is viewed from the very structure or positions with corresponding roles that are made available by the members of a particular social unit.
Mutual steering is the process of giving and soliciting feedback between two or more Individuals, for the purpose of stimulating each or one another.
Primary roles are roles that we play all the time such as sex role.
Sanctions are measures applied to guarantee that an individual behaves according to society's expectations.
Deviance refers to behaviors that violate social norms.
Conflict refers to the situation in which there is a disagreement between or among people.
Individuals who do not behave according to the social norms are referred to as deviants.
Physical anthropology is the branch of anthropology which studies people as biological organisms.
Linguistic anthropology is a concentration of cultural anthropology that focuses on language in society.
Cultural anthropology studies human societies and elements of cultural life.
Culture is learned rather than transmitted by genes.
Culture is dynamic. This means that cultures interact and change.
The culture of research can be introduced so that a school can advance competencies through knowledge-based teaching.
A teacher's role as a community change agent is to help develop a better educated community.
When household tasks are typecast as the female's responsibility, gender stereotype is reinforced in classroom management.
Sex jokes are the kind of humor inappropriate for defusing tension in the classroom.
In selecting a code of conduct, a behaviorist teacher would prefer to impart on the learners the one exemplified by great men/women.
Research findings show that socio-economic factors affect the child's motivation and opportunities for education. This research is proven by the social reality that more dropouts come from disadvantaged families.
Among personal attitudes, honesty is NOT among those that demonstrate patience among teachers.
Climate change is a global condition which urges schools to provide education about the environment.
By following Christian teaching on marriage, deontological approach is used by lawmakers in disallowing divorce in the Philippines.
For Dewey, education starts as a social process at birth.
In reading newspapers, the opinion page provides critical views about current socio- economic and political events or issues.
Research studies showed that children in slums generally have lower reading achievement, than children in urban schools. The factor which has shown to affect reading achievement is socio-economic status.
Structural violence refers to a form of violence wherein a social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs.
Domestic violence is any behavior the purpose of which is to gain power and control over a spouse, partner, girl/boyfriend or intimate family member.
Social discrimination is defined as sustained
inequality between individuals on the basis of illness, disability, religion,
sexual orientation, or any other measures of diversity