The Historical
Development of
Teaching as a
Profession in the
Philippines
MADELENE GRACE G. ROCAS
Instructor
OBJECTIVES
✔ Trace the historical Development
of Teaching as a professional in the
Philippines
✔ Recognize and present the
Historical development of
Teachers from pre-Hispanic
Philippines to 1996 by way of a
Graphic organizer
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Let's find out how much you
know about the country's
teaching history. Say AYE if
the statement is correct and
say NAY if the statement is
wrong.
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As early as the
Spanish period,
teaching was
considered a
profession
1,2, 3 GO!
It was the
Americans who
1, 2, 3 elevated
GO! teaching in the
Philippines as a
profession.
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Teaching was elevated
to a profession only in
1994 with the passage
of RA 7836.
1,2, 3 GO!
There is no other legal
document that
1, 2, 3 professionalized teaching
GO! other than the Teacher’s
Professionalization Act of
1994
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Timeline in Tracing the historical
Development of Teaching as a
Professional in the Philippines
1555 1898 1942 1945 1946
Pre- Spanish American Japanese Independen
Spanish Period Commonwea Era ce of
Period lth Period Philippines
to present
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Presidential Decree 1006 or PD
1006 s was the first legal document
that professionalized teaching.
1976 issued by then-President
Ferdinand Marcos in 1976
The need to professionalize teaching
was felt to;
“insure that in the “in recognition of the vital
immediacy and role of teachers in
nation-building and as an
urgency of teacher incentive to raise the
recruitment, morale of teachers, it is
qualitative imperative that they be
requirements are not considered
overlooked”… professionals”…
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LET’S DO THIS.
Activity No. 3
✔ Make a Graphic Organizer
to trace and recognize the
Historical Development of
Teachers from pre-Hispanic
Philippines to 1996 to
present.
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Than
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You!