This is a Hand-out on one of our discussions. Reporter: Jerone Avel S. Cansino MAED Soc Sci The Paper is about: u Preliminary thoughts on the development of the social sciences in the Philippines from the American colonial period to 1990’s. u How the study of social science grew from an unknown discipline to an institutionalized one. American Colonial period to the 1960s u Pioneer thinkers: u Pigafetta, Loarca, Plasencia, Chirino (Anthropology) - Abaya u Marcelo H. del Pilar, Jose Rizal (Political Science)- Agpalo u Gregorio Sanciano y Joson (Economics)- De Dios u Teachings of Social Philosophy, Social Ethics and Penology in UST at the end of the century - Abad and Eviota u Although there are related thinkers, the Social Science is still not considered an Academic discipline with theoretical and methodological perspectives before the 1900s. u “The Philippine Social Sciences emerged as specialized disciplines with the esta
CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE ARTICLE “A HISTORY OF PARADOX: SOME NOTE ON THE PHILIPPINE EDUCATION IN THE 20TH CENTURY”
CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE ARTICLE “A HISTORY OF PARADOX: SOME NOTE ON THE PHILIPPINE EDUCATION IN THE 20 TH CENTURY” (Digna B. Apilad) First, the article used two of our well known heroes as metaphors for the educational system of the Philippines. Dr. Jose Rizal was a product of colonial system of education metaphor to the Filipinos who have got their education from schools from other countries. Andres Bonifacio, on the other hand was a symbol of the Filipino masses who had not afford the expensive access of education during the Spanish colonial period. Both of them have beatiful visions about the Philippines. Both of them are carrying beautiful concepts about the democratic way of life. These two heroes shows different context in terms of education. The second thing the author did, is he provided a historical overview of our education. From how our education was ran by the Spaniards, Americans and the Japanese. The problems the aspirations