Mabini Colleges, Inc.
The Filipino Character:
Strengths and
Weaknesses
Prof Ed 5-The Teacher and the Community School
Culture and Organizational Leadership
Intended Learning
Outcomes:
At the end of the lesson,
the students must be able
to:
Discuss the strengths and
weaknesses of the Filipino character;
and
Cite ways by which schools can
counteract the weaknesses of the
Filipino character
Do you agree with the
findings given that it is
published 3 decades
ago? Why or why not?
Explain your answer.
Which of the weaknesses
of the Filipino character
applies to you? Have
schools helped you to
counteract such
weaknesses?
What should be done in
the Philippine basic
education system so that
one, if not all, of these
weaknesses should be
addressed?
According to the report, one weakness of the Filipino
character is a lack of analysis and emphasis on form
(porma). The report states that this lack of analysis
and emphasis on the form is reinforced by an
educational system that is more form than substance.
• What is meant by an educational system that is
more form than substance?
• Do you agree that the Philippine education
system is more form than substance? If yes, why? If
not, why not?
The Filipino Character: Strengths
and Weaknesses
In 1998 Senator Leticia Shahani submitted
to the Senate this report titled "A Moral
Recovery Program: Building a People,
Building a Nation"'. This report cites the
strengths and weaknesses of the Filipino
character.
The Filipino Character: Strengths
and Weaknesses
The strengths of the Filipino character are:
pakikipagkapwa-tao, 2) family orientation,
3) joy and humor, 4 flexibility, adaptability
and creativity, 5) hard work and industry,
6 faith and religiosity and 7) ability to
survive.
The Filipino Character: Strengths
and Weaknesses
The Filipino character also has weaknesses: 1)
extreme family centeredness, 2) extreme
personalism, 3) lack of discipline, 4) passivity
and lack of initiative, 5) colonial mentality, 6)
kanya-kanya syndrome, talangka mentality, 7)
lack of self-analysis and self reflection, and
8emphasis on porma rather than substance.
Value Education in Schools
Senator Shahani's Report was given in 1988.
But its findings as reported may still be true
today. The Department of Education has as its
vision to help develop.. "Fiipinos who
passionately love their country and whose
values and competencies enable them to
realize their full potential and contribute
meaningfully to building the nation."
Value Education in Schools
It has as its core values - maka-Diyos, maka-
tao, makakalikasan and makabansa. This can
be an uphill battle for Philippine schools to
realize these considering the: 1) extreme
family centeredness, 2) extreme personalism,
3) lack of discipline, 4) passivity and lack of
initiative, 5) colonial mentality, 6) kanya-kanya
syndrome, talangka mentality, 7) lack of self-
analysis and self-reflection, and 8emphasis on
Value Education in Schools
So that it will not be "more form than substance" as
described in Senator Shahani's Report, Philippine
schools have to intensify values education in the
curriculum. In fact, in response to this Report, values
education now Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao in K to
12 Curriculum, was introduced as a separate subject
in the basic education curriculum under the Values
Education Framework program of Dr. Lourdes
Quisumbing, then Department of Education, Culture,
and Sports Secretary in 1988-1990.
Value Education in Schools
The Values Education Framework was conceptualized in
1987. In 2002, the Basic Education Curriculum (Grade 1-
6, and First-Fourth Year High School) integrated values in
the major learning areas or subjects. Beginning with the K
to 12 Curriculum in 2013, Values Education was renamed
Eaukasyon sa Pagpapakatao (EsP) for Grades 1-10. In the
Senior High Curriculum (Grades 11-12), there is no course
with the title, Values Education or Edukasyon sa
Pagpapakatao but Core courses such as Introduction to
the Philosophy of the Human Person and Personal
Development, are in essence, Values Education subjects
Thank You
Do you have any questions for me before we go?