Education in the Philippines during the American Period (1898-1942) Educational Goals.

Educational goal
during the American period is to promote democratic ideals and way of life; formation of good citizens,
including the rights and responsibilities of people.Highlights of Education during the American
TimeEducation Act of 1901 laid the foundation of the Philippine Public school system. In August 1901,
600 teachers are called“Thomasites.” arrived. English was made medium of instruction. Curricular
structure and programs were patterned from the U.S. There were 3 levels of education: Elementary level,
Secondary or High school level, and College or Tertiary level. New subject areas were introduced.
Religion was not included in the curriculum of the schools. Normal, vocational, agricultural, and business
schools were also opened. Schools were also built in non- catholic areas like Sulu in Mindanao, and in
Mountain Province. Education under American colonization led to a widespread Americanization of the
Philippines. Through education, Americans had influenced many Filipinos in terms of what they like, eat,
culture, and demand on westernized products and lifesty.

Benefits and Anticipated Outcomes

1.The spread of providing public education: it’s known that US spearheaded

more aggressively the provision and delivery of schooling paid by public coffers to unheard-of-areas of
the archipelago. During the US occupation, it became fashionable to go to elementary and high school,
and for the same to go to college. This generally introduced the hazy idea behind spreading
enlightenment to majority of the populace which up to now continues. 2.The introduction of the concept
of “press freedom,” which still continues in the country, through not a few journalists and media
practitioners have died in thecourse of duty lately. Consequently, and up to now, there’s particularly
noother country, at least Asia that maybe described as having a “freer” media,i.e. nosy and
rambunctious, than what can be seen in the Philippines (and it’s guaranteed in the constitution)

3. The continuation on putting too much value on elitism among its leaders plus their influential
relatives, although not spoken loudly in most sectors of society. 4. The collaborative and dependent
tendencies of the national Philippine government with the US government in certain areas of
governance have always been noted and observed, especially if viewed by outsider.The Philippines
continues to be a solid ally of the US in Asia, in many years, even up to these days, which

gives some people strong ideas that it’s still “colony”