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Socialization

The process of learning the roles, statuses, and values necessary for participation in social institutions.

Anticipatory socialization

Role learning that prepares individuals for future roles.

School as an agent of socialization

An institution charged by society to impart specific knowledge and skills necessary for functioning in society.

Primitive societies

Early human groups that developed life skills such as tool making, moral behavior codes, and language for survival.

Key Periods in Educational History

Significant historical periods from 7000 B.C. to A.D. 1600 that shaped educational goals, curriculum, and agents of influence in Western education.

Pre-colonial Education

Informal and vocational training focused on preparing children for roles as husbands and wives, with decentralized tribal tutors.

Spanish Era Education

Formal and religion-oriented education under Spanish missionaries, separate schooling for boys and girls, and inclusion of Christian doctrines in the curriculum.

American Regime Education

Promotion of democratic ideals, establishment of free and compulsory elementary education, and the arrival of Thomasites to set up public and secular schools.

Japanese Occupation Education

Aims included promoting a new Filipino culture, diffusing elementary education, fostering love of labor, and eradicating reliance on Western states.

Post-colonial Education

Aimed at realizing democratic ideals, with the nationalization of elementary education, emphasis on values, and the passing of the Magna Carta for Teachers.