A glimpse on educational Philosophy of Filipino Educators

Written by Mary Charlotte R. Bonus | Teacher II | MNHS-Cabcaben | Mariveles, Bataan

Published: 03 November 2014
Created: 03 November 2014

There were famous Filipino educators whose work is undeniably contributed to the present
Philippine education setting. I truly believe that these educators had an impact on how Filipino
teachers deals with the present Filipino learners and adapting to the continuous changing on
education system .

The Educational Philosophies Of Filipino Educators

“Rizal’s concept of the importance ofeducation is enunciated in his work

entitledInstruction wherein he sought improvements in theschools and in the methods of teaching.
”For Rizal, the mission of education is to elevate thecountry to the highest seat of glory and to
develop the people’s mentality. Since Education is the foundation of society and aprerequisite for
social progress, Rizal claimed thatonly through education could the country be savedfrom
domination.Rizal’s philosophy of education, therefore, centers onthe provision of proper
motivation in order to bolsterthe great social forces that make education a success, tocreate in the
youth an innate desire to cultivate hisintelligence and give him life eternal.He believed in the
importance of the school as a social organization. According to him, the school must train the
citizens inthe three phases of life: 1. Moral 2. Intellectual 3. Physical .The school should prepare
the individual to live efficiently both as individual and as a member of the community to which he
belongs.

Dr. Camilo Osias“School has an important role in the development of dynamicnationalism

and internationalism in relation to democracy in theeducation of the youth.”“High educational
institutions should do more to turn outgraduates who can think logically, scientifically and
creatively.” “Our education should instill love for work, spirit of tolerance, respect for law, love
for peace and practice of thrift. Dr. Osias’ suggestions to Philippine schools:1. Preserve the
solidarity of Filipino;2. Maintain the unity of the Philippines;3. Work out a proper equilibrium in
economic order;4. Develop social justice;5. Observe the merit system in government service;6.
Promote peace and national defense;7. Uphold the inalienable rights of life, property, liberty, and
happiness;8. Keep in their prestige majesty the fundamental freedom, especially freedom of
speech, freedom of press, freedom of peace and assembly, and freedom of worship;9. Conserve
the principle of equality.10.Hold high the ideals of religion.11.Keep over aloft the torch of
education, and12.Make democracy a living and functional reality.

Palma “Education must produce individualswho are both useful to themselves and
tosociety.”Jorge Jacobo prepared himself well for any task that awaited him.Into any undertaking,
he always put the best of hisenergies and, to use his own expression, "made the failureof any work
which I undertake my own failure, its success my own success." He stressed that Filipino culture
and tradition should be thebases of education in the Philippines. According to him, the educational
concept is closely relatedto nationalism and love of country. He also stressed that education in this
country shouldprepare the child for the democratic way of life.
 Apolinario Mabini “Thou shalt cultivate the special gifts whichhad been granted thee,
working and studyingaccording to thy ability, never leaving the path ofrighteousness and justice
in order to attain thineown perfection.”

TH Pardo De Tavera “Our education should instill love forwork, spirit of tolerance, respect
for law, lovefor peace and practice of thrift.”

Francisco BenitezThe qualities that should distinguish the educatedFilipinos of today are
(1) power to do (2) knowledgeof the past and current events and (3) possession ofthe elements of
conduct that area theaccomplishment of culture and morality.“The function of our school is neither
to fit theindividual for the past which is dead and gone, nor to prepare him for a remote future
which is problematic, rather it is to train the individual so that he will be a member of the world as
it is.”

Dr. Lourdes Quisumbing “Believes that education must strengthen thedignity of the learner
as a human person. Assuch, the various dimensions of man’spersonhood has to be fully developed
by theschool system through an effective andsystematized values education”

Venancio Trinidad “Education should aim to develop men andwomen who are as deeply
concerned in thedevelopment and uplift of ourcommunities, particularly in the ruralareas, as in the
promotion of their ownpersonal or individual well-being.”

Manuel L. Quezon “Show me people composed of vigorous, sturdy individuals, ofmen and
women healthy in mind andbody, courteous, industrious, self-reliant , purposeful inthought as well
in action, imbued with sound patriotism andprofound sense of righteousness, with high social
ideals andstrong moral fiber and I will show you a great nation, a nationthat will not submerged, a
nation that will emerge victoriousfrom the trials and bitter strife of a distracted world, anation that
will live forever, sharing thecommon task of advancing the welfareand promoting the happiness
of mankind”

The Filipino value system arises from our culture or way of life, ourdistinctive way of
becoming human in this particular place and time. Wespeak of Filipino values in a fourfold sense.
First, although mankind shares universal human values, it is obvious thatcertain values take on for
us a distinctively Filipino flavor. When we speak of Filipino values, we do not mean that elements
ofthese Filipino values are absent in the value systems of other peoples andcultures, Universal
human values in a Filipino context (historical, cultural, socio-economic, political, moral and
religious) take on a distinctive set of Filipinomeanings and motivations. Lastly we can speak of
Filipino values in the sense that the historical consciousness of values has evolved among our
people.

A philosophy of education for Filipinos must also consider the Filipino behavioral context.
Our negativetraits must be and taken in tow, and efforts must be expended to transform the Filipino
from selfish, indolent, grasping, uncaring man into the independent, hard-working concerned man..