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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 methodolo...

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 ...

#education #Culture #teacher #student #respect #ethnocentrism                       In the field of social science, culture is one of the favorite word. It is one the favorite topics especially in the disciplines of sociology and anthropology. Culture is the origin of Philosophy. It is one of the things described in History. Behavior is a part of culture, which is which, the theme of Psychology. Of course! We cannot do away with geography without understanding culture. Geography is not geography without the study of culture. How about Political Science? Politics is about relationship and being in a culture is a series of relationships that would later be groups. In short, culture covers every field of the discipline, every college student, tend to take with the least possible amusement and enthusiasm. Little do they know, that those disciplines if taken seriously, is the closest to the world outside the school.  ...

#Nature #Nurture #student #constructivism #21stcentury #Education #Giftedness #Aptitude                 The 21 st century education places student on the center. It happens as constructivism took over the world of the academe. Started by John Dewey and his contemporaries, they began changing the view of the educational process by starting to view the learners in a whole new perspective. Here in this article, I will try to discuss the reason why teachers tend to ask questions such as these; who among you have seen a computer before? How does it look like? Do you know what is being portrayed in this picture? The raison d’etre of this process is simple. ‘Learning should start from the known to the unknown’. In this sense, we cannot jump into a conclusion that a grade 1 pupil does not know anything. Again, every learner has already his/her own learning that is innate on him/her. It was part of his/her genetic make-up. In this article, I will...

For years, education has evolved from what is referred to as a Teacher-Centered classroom. For years, the teacher has been viewed as an omniscient being who knows everything, and every Learning comes from him and him alone. It is he who decides what he teaches. He does it with little regard for the ability of the students. Textbooks refer to them as traditional. They view students as a 'blank slate,' as John Locke suggested. From that belief, there comes the assumption that the duty of the teacher is to fill that blank tablet (tabula rasa). This is an offshoot of the behaviorist philosop hy. Progressivism came into the educational landscape with a new belief about the nature of the learner. Then comes the suggestions of what a modern teacher should be like. Along those things emerged new teaching approaches, strategies, styles, and practices. Contrary to the behaviorists, they proposed that students are 'candles to be lighted, not pails to be filled.' According to the...