peruvian education history. official name: republic of peru capital: lima official language: spanish...
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Peruvian Education History
• Official Name: Republic of Peru
• Capital: Lima
• Official language: Spanish
• Population: 29,498,000 (Census 2010)
• Currency: Nuevo Sol
Incan Education (1200 to 1500 AD)
• Exclusively for the royal elite, and later for the sons of conquered chiefs, to become administrators and leaders. • The teachers were Amautas, men well-
versed in philosophy and morality. • Education last for four years.• The curriculum was based in
mathematics, astronomy, language, religion, and history
QUIPUS were a set of cords made of wool, colorful, of different sizes, and with different knots. They were used for statistics, math, for keeping historical records, and for filing ideas.
Viceroyalty Education (1500 to 1821 AD)
• Transplant of the Spanish Culture to Peru.• Handled by the church through their
religious orders (Dominic, Jesuits). • Accessible only to those of the aristocratic
class, “Mestizos”, and some wealthy merchants. Natives did not access.• Courses were Latin, philosophy, and
theology.•Women were not allowed to study.
• In 1551 San Marcos University is founded in Lima, the first university of the American Continents.
• First curriculum: Theology
& Arts. After: Law & Medicine.
2012 San Marcos University now (one of the multiple buildings)
Republican Education (1821 to 2012)
• 1828: Free elementary school for every Peruvian.• 1850: Education is divided in public & private.• Women begin to study to prepare for becoming
good mothers and wives. • 1905: Number of schools, students, and
teachers begin to explode.• 1908: Numbers were duplicate in only three
years!• 1968, 1985, 1990: Laws of Education Reform
enacted.
ACTUAL CURRICULUMEarly education• Begins from age three to five, the child controls his or her own
learning with the assistance of internal (parents) and external (educators) agents.
Primary School• Begins at six years of age. This level begins at first grade, and
ends with sixth grade and is divided, for curricular purposes, into three cycles: cycle one (first and second grade), cycle two (third and fourth grade), and cycle three (fifth and sixth grade). Parents decide to send their children to public or private school.
Secondary School• Secondary school consists of five years
Higher education• Consists of technological colleges, both public and private. They
offer courses lasting three years (3,000 hours of study), graduating with a title as Technical Professionals. Some courses may be four years in length (4,000 hours of study), and a student would graduate with the title of Professional.
University education• Bachelor degree lasts a minimum of 5 years; Masters requires a
minimum of 60 units and thesis; Doctoral and Post-Doctoral are offered.