SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE

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MODULE 4
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NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM- Civic

Welfare Training Service 1 - (NSTP-CWTS 1)

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 Unit National Service Training Program
Module Understanding the Filipino Value System
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INFORMATION SHEET PR-4.1.2

“Understanding the Filipino Value System”

Objectives:

• Cultivate a deep sense of commitment to building a free, democratic, peaceful, and progressive
nation.
• Demonstrate Filipino value system.

"Many Filipinos are what / call Sunday-religious, that is they go to church every Sunday, take in
confession and communion, but the rest of the week they bribe and do corrupt deeds..."

- Dr. Pura Santillan-Castrence

A thing has value when it is perceived as good and desirable. Food, money, and housing have a value
because they are perceived as good and the desire to acquire those influences attitudes and behavior.
Not only material goods but also ideals and concepts are valuable, such as truth, honesty, and justice.
For instance, if truth is a value for one, it commands in one an inner commitment which in turn
translates itself into one's daily speech and action. Truth is good and desirable; it influences attitudes
and behavior.

Values are the bases of judging what attitudes and behavior are correct and desirable and what are not.
It is therefore of crucial importance that there be an appropriate framework as well as system among
Filipino values. Values have a social function: commonly held values unite families, tribes, societies, and
nations. They are essential to the democratic way, of life, which puts a high premium on freedom and
the rule of law. That is why, shortly after the Revolution of February 1986, the Department of Education,
Culture, and Sports made values education a primary thrust. Similarly, the DECS thrust found strong
support in the Philippine Constitution of 1987 in its vision of "a just and humane society," which calls for
a shared culture and commonly held values such as "truth, justice, freedom, love, equality and peace."
(Preamble)

Filipino cultural values are widely held beliefs which make some activities, relationships, goals and
feelings important to the Filipino people's identity. When these Filipino values coalesce and mesh in a
mutually supportive system, it is called "Filipino value system. The content of the Filipino values are the
Filipino myths and religion while the structures are the Filipino oral and written traditions, churches,
sacred places, temples and mosques. The Filipinos internalize these values of their culture and thus
create for themselves a "world of meanings."

Fr. Vitaliano Gorospe in his essay on "Understanding the Filipino Value System" discussed about the
value philosophy; Filipino values, its nature, constellation, and context; and Filipino values, its
ambivalence and split-level Christianity. Let us now try to examine, to explore, and to understand the
Filipino value system.

SUBJECT TEACHER: APPROVED FOR

IMPLEMENTATION:
1st – 3rd
PRELIM MODULE CHARLENE VILLADAREZ
Meeting
4 Subject Teacher
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Module Understanding the Filipino Value System
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Value Philosophy

A brief introduction to the philosophy of human values is necessary for an understanding of Filipino
values and values education. A Filipino experiences family closeness and solidarity (pagpapahalaga sa
pamilya), politeness (use of po or ho). Hospitality (tuloy po kayo), gratitude (utang na loob) from
"within". That is, subjectively and emotionally, unlike a non-Filipino observer, social scientist, or
psychologist who studies Filipino values objectively from "without" or "from a distance".

Such Filipino values as social acceptance, (pakikisama, amor propio, economic security, pagmamay-ari),
and trust in God (paniniwala sa Diyos, Bathala or Maykapal) find their philosophical basis in man's
dynamic openness toward nature and the world (like the value of hanap-buhay ng magsasaka), one's
fellowmen (the values of paggalang, hiya, katarungan, pagibig), and God (the values of
pananampalataya, pananalangin, kabanalan).

This dynamic openness of man is openness to the possibilities of the future. That is why values are
something to be realized. Take the value of peace. The Philippine situation is now characterized by
insurgency; conflict between the NPA, the MNLF and the AFP; vigilante groups; hostility and division--in
short, an absence of national peace and order.

Human values are not merely private. All values have a social aspect. The government official who
demands porsiyento, the fireman or policeman who extorts tong or lagay for a service which is his duty,
all contribute to the worsening graft and corruption. We are all responsible for one another (tayong
lahat ay may pananagutan sa isa't-isa)

Values are both subjective and objective. They involve a subject or person who values (like, a young girl)
and an object or value to be realized (like, pagkamahinhin). Justice is objective because it is a value that
should be realized by all. It also becomes subjective if justice becomes a value for me. There is an
objective difference between value and disvalue, pleasure and pain, life and death, poverty and
affluence, heroism and cowardice, truth and error, right and wrong, holiness and sinfulness. The
difference is not only in the mind or a matter of personal taste or preference. Even if I close my eyes to
the ugly poverty around me, the poor will not disappear.

Values are not objective in the sense that they are found in some static heaven: they are relational and
embodied in person value-types (ideal moral persons). For example, to a tipong-mukhang kwarta (an
avaricious look) profit is more important than service; to a tipong-politiko (political type), pera (money)
propaganda, politika (politics) are more valuable than honesty tipong silyentipiko (Scientist type) or
tipong-artista (actor type) personify agham (Science) and sining (art); tipong madasalin (pious type) may
exemplify kabanalan (piety).

Fr. Vitaliano Gorospe cited that the late President Cory Aquino embodied all that a Filipino wanted his or
her President to be--credible, honest, just, with a strong faith in God and in her people. The ideal type or

SUBJECT TEACHER: APPROVED FOR

IMPLEMENTATION:
1st – 3rd
PRELIM MODULE CHARLENE VILLADAREZ
Meeting
4 Subject Teacher
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Module Understanding the Filipino Value System
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Filipino model during the "parliament of the streets" was the tipong-maka-Diyos (religions), makatao
people-oriented), makabayan (nationalistic).

The heroes of EDSA placed the good of the Filipino people before the safety and security of their
families. They were willing to risk their lives for God and people. Value-ranking or the priority of values is
not merely arbitrary or subjective. There is an objective ranking of values based on existence or reality
and other objective criteria.

Using the criteria of permanence, ability to be shared, and depth of satisfaction, Max Scheler ranked
human values from the lowest to the highest as follows: sense values like sensual pleasure are
exemplified by the lakwatsero or pabling: utilitarian values like profit and efficiency by the businessman
and technocrat; life values, by the doctor and the hero, like, Dr. Bobby de la Paz and Emilio Jacinto;
cultural values, by the genius and the artist, like, Jose Rizal and Francisco Balagtas religious values, by
the saint, like, Mother Teresa or Lorenzo Ruiz. Moral and religious values are pre-eminent and claim the
highest priority in the objective scale of values because they are absolutely necessary in order to
become fully human (magpakatao).

REFERENCES:

• National Service Training Program – Book 1. Jimezyville Publications

SUBJECT TEACHER: APPROVED FOR

IMPLEMENTATION:
1st – 3rd
PRELIM MODULE CHARLENE VILLADAREZ
Meeting
4 Subject Teacher
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SELF-CHECK PR-4.1.5

A. Identification. Identify what is being asked in each item. Write answer on the space provided.

1. __________ These are the bases of judging what attitudes and behavior are correct and
desirable and what are not.
2. __________ According to Fr. Gorospe, she embodied all that a Filipino wanted his or her
President to be credible honest, just, with a strong faith in God and in her people.
3. __________Philippine Constitution of 1987 in its vision of "a just and humane society," which
calls for a shared culture and commonly held values such as "truth, justice, freedom, love,
equality and peace."
4. __________Fr. Vitaliano Gorospe in his essay discussed about the value philosophy
5. __________ By the saint, like, Mother Ignacia or Lorenzo Ruiz. Moral and religious values are
pre-eminent and claim the highest priority in the objective scale of values.

SUBJECT TEACHER: APPROVED FOR

IMPLEMENTATION:
1st – 3rd
PRELIM MODULE CHARLENE VILLADAREZ
Meeting
4 Subject Teacher
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Module Understanding the Filipino Value System
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STUDENT NAME: __________________________________ SECTION: __________________

WRITTEN WORK PR-4.1.7

WRITTEN WORK TITLE: Understanding the Filipino Values

WRITTEN TASK OBJECTIVE: After completing this written work you should be able to know and
understand the Filipino Values System.
Question:

1. On this question, state your answer and explain it fully. . 30% for each question. (10 pts. for effort;
10 pts. for correctness of content; 10 pts. for depth)

A) As a student, how do you view the Filipino value system? Justify your answer.

ASSESSMENT METHOD: WRITTEN WORK CRITERIA CHECKLIST

SUBJECT TEACHER: APPROVED FOR

IMPLEMENTATION:
1st – 3rd
PRELIM MODULE CHARLENE VILLADAREZ
Meeting
4 Subject Teacher
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STUDENT NAME: __________________________________ SECTION: __________________

WRITTEN OUTPUT CRITERIA CHECK LIST PR-4.1.8

CRITERIA SCORING
Did I . . .
1 2 3 4 5
1. Focus - The single controlling point made with an awareness of task
about a specific topic.
2. Content - The presentation of ideas developed through facts, examples,
anecdotes, details, opinions, statistics, reasons and/or opinions
3. Organization – The order developed and sustained within and across
paragraphs using transitional devices and including introduction and
conclusion.
4. Style – The choice, use and arrangement of words and sentence
structures that create tone and voice.
5. Conventions – Grammar, mechanics, spelling, usage and sentence
formation.
TEACHER’S REMARKS: ❑ QUIZ ❑ RECITATION ❑ PROJECT

GRADE:

5 - Excellently Performed
4 - Very Satisfactorily Performed
3 - Satisfactorily Performed
2 - Fairly Performed
1 - Poorly Performed

CHARLENE V. VILLADAREZ
TEACHER

Date: ______________________

SUBJECT TEACHER: APPROVED FOR

IMPLEMENTATION:
1st – 3rd
PRELIM MODULE CHARLENE VILLADAREZ
Meeting
4 Subject Teacher