1. UNIVERSITY OF LUZON
GRADUATE SCHOOL
The American
curriculum
REPORTER:
KATHLEEN L. ENCARNACION

2. American Curriculum
• The American – divised
curriculum was dominated with
the motive of conquering the
Filipinos not only physically but
also intellectually.

3. • The public school system
established and headed by an
American until 1935, was to train
the Filipinos after the American
culture and way of life.
• The curriculum was based on the
ideals and traditions of America
and hierarchy of values.

4. • The reading materials were about
Tom, Dick and Harry, George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
• Filipino children were taught to
draw houses with chimneys and to
play the role of Indians and
cowboys.

5. • They sang the Star –
Sprangled Banner and
Philippines, My Philippines to
the tune of Maryland, My
Maryland.
• English was the medium of
instruction.

6. 2 aspects of training
1. Body training
- singing, drawing, handwork,
and physical education.
2. Mental training
- English (reading, writing,
conversation, phonetics, and
spelling)

7. Grade iii curriculum
• Geography and Civic were added
to the list of the subjects.
Intermediate Curriculum
• Consisted of subjects such as
Arithmetic, Geography, Science
and English.
***Science included plant life,
physiology and sanitation.

8. Collegiate level curriculum
• Normal schools were opened with
a teacher’s training curriculum
appropriate for elementary
mentors.
• It’s aim was to replace the
soldiers and the “Thomasites”.

9. • The curriculum organization
remained separate – subject.
• Group method of teaching was
adopted.
The significant aspect of the
American – devised curriculum was
the prohibition of compulsory
religious instruction in the public
schools.

10. THE CURRICULUM
DURING THE
COMMONWEALTH

11. 1935 – 1946 (commonwealth
period)
• Considered as the period of
expansion and reform in the
Philippine curriculum.
• American – trained Filipino
teachers applied in the Philippines
the educational reforms they
learned from U.S.

12.  Educationalleaders
introduced courses:
 farming
 trade
Business
Domestic Science (household
skills)

13. Bureau of education
• Expanded the curriculum for the
training by elevating it from the
secondary normal schools to the
collegiate level.
• It’s the 2 years training after the
high school.
• Collegiate normal schools
operated in 1939.

14. Commonwealth act 586
• also known as Educational Act of
1940.
• Reorganized the elementary
school system by eliminating
Grade VII and providing for the
double – single session in which
pupils attended classes for one-
half day only.

15. THANK YOU AND
HAVE A GOOD
DAY!!!