During the early 15th century in the Philippines, education was informal and focused on observation, imitation, and hands-on practice to develop skills and behaviors. Communication was through traditional oral traditions and the Baybayin writing system using letters made from wood, stone, or leaves. Under Spanish rule from the 16th-19th centuries, education was religion-oriented and controlled by the Catholic Church. Friars established schools and universities to teach the Spanish language and Catholic doctrine. They also taught practical skills. However, education was largely reserved for Spanish students, and the Filipino population remained under colonial rule.

2. Early 15th Century
Informal Education
Observation
Imitation
Practice

3. Behavior
Skills
Communication

4. Behavior in this aspects it
engage in the oral traditions
of implying values to the
children.

6. Skills involves the practical and
hands-on activities that developed
and enhanced the physical
function the children during this
period.

7. Communication on this aspects
implies the use of traditional way of
writing and reading so called Baybayin.
Baybayin consist of 21
letters, 5 vowels, and 17
consonant.
Woods, stones, and
leaves.

8.  Religion-oriented and controlled by Roman Catholic
Church.
 Spanish friars and missionaries educated the natives
through religion with the aim of converting
indigenous populations to the Catholic faith.
 Friars learned the local languages.
 The Tagalog Doctrina Christiana (1593)

9.  In 1610, the first Filipino author Tomas Pinpin
published a book in Baybayin entitled Librong
pagaaralan nang mga Tagalog ng uicang Castila
(Book for Tagalogs to Study the Castillian
Language).

10.  The San Carlos University was founded in Cebu in
1595. It was initially called the Colegio de San
Ildefonso. On April 28, 1611, the University of Santo
Tomas was founded in Manila.
(Library of the University of Santo Tomas)
 In 1863, Spain promulgated the Education Decree.

11. The Education Decree of 1863
1. The establishment of at least two free primary
schools, one for boys and another for girls, in each
town under the control of the municipal government
2. The creation of a normal school to train men as
teachers, supervised by the Jesuits.
 Ilustrados (wealthy locals)
 Latin was taught to the students
instead of Spanish.

13. Arriving of Different Religious Orders
 The Augustinians opened a school immediately upon
arriving in Cebú in 1565.
 The Franciscans arrived in 1577, and they, too, immediately
taught the people how to read and write, besides imparting
to them important industrial and agricultural techniques.
 The Jesuits who arrived in 1581 also concentrated on
teaching the young. When the Dominicans arrived in 1587,
they did the same thing in their first mission in Bataan.

14.  The Dominicans also made a name as they established
one of the best universities in the Philippines, the
University of Santo Tomas, that was opened in 1611.
 In 1630, Dominicans established another university,
the "San Juan de Letran" for the orphaned boys.

15.  Colegio de Santa Potenciana was the first school and
college for girls that opened in the Philippines, in 1589.
It was followed by another school for women, Colegio
de Santa Isabel, that opened in 1632.
 Several religious congregations also established
schools for orphaned girls who could not educate
themselves.

16. In entirety, education during the Spanish
regime was privileged only to Spanish
students. The supposed Philippine
education was only a means to remain in the
Philippines as colonizers. For this reason,
the Filipinos became followers to the
Spaniards in their own country. Even
auspicious Filipinos became cronies, to the
extent that even their lifestyles were
patterned from the Spaniards.

17. http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1197/Phili
ppines-HISTORY-BACKGROUND.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Phili
ppines_during_Spanish_rule