Republic of the Philippines

ILOILO STATE COLLEGE OF FISHERIES

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
GRADUATE PROGRAM
Tiwi, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo

FINAL EXAMINATION
ED 500- Foundations of Science Education
3rd Trimester SY 2019-2020

Answer the following questions comprehensively:

1. Enumerate the significant contributions of Americans in our educational system.

Explain what are its impact in our present educational system?
The American education model was introduced to the Philippines after the Spanish era. This is
era considered to be the golden years of Philippine Education system because the medium of
instruction English was used and academic curriculum was patterned in their system. These
substantial change helps Philippine education to be more idealistic and think liberal. As
separation of church and state was their primary aims during that period including democracy
and equality. The teaching pedagogy introduced class recitation, participation, debate, role
playing and active class involvement. The transition on this period is very relevant in the
Philippine education because there is transition in the language which is very critical in the
instruction. The priest and seminaries act as the frontliner in the delivery of instruction in
English language. The education was widely spread across class which is a major move by the
American educators. With that move, they provide across classes in the society instructions and
curriculum that are American and western philosophy.

During the American occupation the American soldiers who serve as volunteers are the first
teacher of Filipinos. In August 1901, 600 teachers called Thomasites arrived and their name
derived from the ship they traveled on (USS Thomas). The English language remains to be the
best contribution that the American contributed in the Philippine education system. Aside from
that they introduce to us the value of professionalism and formality in any aspect of studies,
training and development and etiquettes.

•Curriculum adopted from US- the education system was pattern to US (primary onwards)

•Secularization of education with the Motto - Love of country and God (Nationalism/Patriotism)

• Adoption of English as medium of instruction – Adoption of English as primary language

•Creation of higher learning center with emphasis on public education – public and private
schools.

•Improvement of educational system thru corresponding budget priority – national budget for
education (basic education to secondary level)

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 2. Which branch or branches of philosophy would you want to emphasize in your
classroom? Explain why.

Epistemology, ethics and metaphysics. Epistemology because as we know that it the explanation
of how we think. It is required in order to be able to determine the true from the false, by
determining a proper method of evaluation. Moreover, it is use and obtain knowledge of the
world around us. Without epistemology, we could not think. More specifically, we would have no
reason to believe our thinking was productive or correct, as opposed to random images flashing
before our mind. With an incorrect epistemology, we would not be able to distinguish truth from
error. The consequences are obvious. The degree to which our epistemology is correct is the
degree to which we could understand reality, and the degree to which we could use that
knowledge to promote our lives and goals. Flaws in epistemology will make it harder to
accomplish anything. Ethics is the branch of study dealing with what is the proper course of
action for man. It answers the question, "What do I do?" It is the study of right and wrong in
human endeavors. At a more fundamental level, it is the method by which we categorize our
values and pursue them. Do we pursue our own happiness, or do we sacrifice ourselves to a
greater cause? Is that foundation of ethics based on the Bible, or on the very nature of man
himself, or neither? Ethics is important because it is a requirement for human life. It is our
means of deciding a course of action. Without it, our actions would be random and aimless.
There would be no way to work towards a goal because there would be no way to pick between
a limitless number of goals. Even with an ethical standard, we may be unable to pursue our
goals with the possibility of success. To the degree which a rational ethical standard is taken, we
are able to correctly organize our goals and actions to accomplish our most important values.
Any flaw in our ethics will reduce our ability to be successful in our endeavors. Metaphysics is
the branch of philosophy responsible for the study of existence. It is the foundation of a
worldview. It answers the question "What is?" It encompasses everything that exists, as well as
the nature of existence itself. It says whether the world is real, or merely an illusion. It is a
fundamental view of the world around us. It is important because without an explanation or an
interpretation of the world around us, we would be helpless to deal with reality. We could not
feed ourselves, or act to preserve our lives. The degree to which our metaphysical worldview is
correct is the degree to which we are able to comprehend the world, and act accordingly.
Without this firm foundation, all knowledge becomes suspect. Any flaw in our view of reality will
make it more difficult to live.

3. Define and contrast the three types of behavioral learning theories, (contiguity,
classical , conditioning and operant conditioning)give examples of how each can be
used in the classroom.
Operant conditioning enables the learners to make connection with the
consequences associated with his/her behavior through positive and negative
reinforcement and punishment. Classical conditioning is when the learner is able
to learns his behavior by associating it with consequences. And contiguity
theory specifies that “a combination of stimuli which has accompanied a
movement will on it recurrence tend to be followed by that movement.
According to Guthrie, all learning was a consequence of association between a
particular stimulus and response.
Example of operant conditioning in my class, when one of my students is not
interested in our lesson I gave prizes and rewards to boost their interest in our

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lesson. For classical conditioning, when students are very noisy in class I tell to
stop talking or else I going to give them the floor to speak in front of their
classmates.
4. Explain the stages of cognitive development by Jean Piaget and its
implication/application to mathematics instruction. Make a matrix.

Stages Ages Range Description Implication/ Application

Sensorimotor Birth-2 years During this stage the The child learns to count
child learns about the with the use of the
world by using their fingers.
sense to interact with
their surroundings.
Preoperational 2-7 years During this stage, The child learns to count
children begin to with the use of symbols
engage in symbolic play and appearance of
and learn to manipulate something. At this stage
symbols. child learns to count
number from smaller to
larger one.
Concrete 7-11 years At this stage , thinking At this stage students to
Operations still tends to be very learn simple problems.
concrete, children They learn how to solve
become much more a fundamental operation.
logical and sophisticated
in their thinking .
Formal 11+ years They gain the ability to Learners at this stage
Operations think in an abstract can now solve and
manner by manipulate understand challenging
ideas in their head problems involving
fundamental operations.

5. Discuss one (1) sociological issues from our lesson and proposed a program of
intervention.

The most common issue in our school at present are the non-numerates and non-
readers. There are lots of learners nowadays that are non-readers and non-
numerates because of the misinterpretation of the no learners left behind.

Intervention:
As a teacher, we are obliged to check our learners background and capacity. We are
required to have home visitation for us to know the real story behind their
performance in school. Aside from that, we teachers should conduct a remedial class
to our students for them to cope with their classmates as well as with the learners in
different institutions.

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Prepared by :

JOEMAR V. POLINES
MILE-MATH

Submitted to:

PROF. SHIELA MAY B. LABAJO