The document discusses the views on education of several prominent Filipino thinkers and educators such as Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Apolinario Mabini, Camilo Osias, and Rafael Palma. Rizal saw education as key to elevating the country and developing the people's mentality. Bonifacio believed that education is not defined by degrees and can be self-paced. Mabini saw education as a way to improve one's abilities. Osias advocated for education that instills nationalism, critical thinking, and love for community. Palma stressed developing individuals useful to themselves and society through education grounded in Filipino culture. All of these thinkers recognized the importance of education for social

1. Filipino Thinkers, Educators and
their Educational Association
EDD 500
Jethro M. Nocom
G19-0247

2. Dr. Jose Rizal
“Rizal’s concept of the importance of education is enunciated
in his work entitled Instruction wherein he sought
improvements in the schools and in the methods of
teaching.”

3. Dr. Jose Rizal
For Rizal, the mission of education is to elevate the country to
the highest seat of glory and to develop the people‟s
mentality. Since Education is the foundation of society and a
prerequisite for social progress, Rizal claimed that only
through education could the country be saved from
domination.

4. Dr. Jose Rizal
Rizal‟s philosophy of education, therefore, centres‟ on the
provision of proper motivation in order to bolster the great
social forces that make education a success, to create in the
youth an innate desire to cultivate his intelligence and give
him life eternal.

5. Dr. Jose Rizal
“The school is the book in which the future of the nations is
written. Shows us the schools of a people and we will tell you
what those people are.”

6. Andres Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio is regarded as the Father of the Philippine
Revolution against Spain. He also is known as the Father of
the Katipunan, a secret revolutionary society he founded in
1892 and whose goal was to win Philippine independence
from Spain by means of a revolution.

7. Andres Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio believes that education is not a necessity to
consider someone as intellectual. Someone could attain all
possible educational degrees, yet could still be uneducated.
It also does not guarantee that they are more intelligent than
those whose degrees are lower than theirs. His educational
philosophies are rooted from all his experiences since he
stood as parents to his younger siblings.

8. Andres Bonifacio
Bonifacio also believed that learning can be done self-paced
as long as dedication and perseverance is present.

9. Apolinario Mabini
Another hero, named as Apolinario Mabini is known as the
“Sublime Paralytic” and “Heads of the Revolution.”

10. Apolinario Mabini
Mabini highly regarded education as path in honing one’s
self.
He believed that education, is improving a person’s special
gift and it should be aligned with a person’s ability.

11. Apolinario Mabini
True education never leaves the path of righteousness.

14. Camilo Osias
After starting his career as an educational reformer in the
Philippines, Camilo Osias moved into politics in the 1920s,
first as a Philippine senator and then as a Resident
Commissioner in Congress. His colleagues in the U.S. House
of Representatives widely admired Osias for his eloquent
oratory and his fervent support of immediate independence,
quickly dubbing him “Mr. Philippine Freedom.”

15. Camilo Osias
“School has an important role in the development of dynamic
nationalism and internationalism in relation to democracy in
the education of the youth.”

16. Camilo Osias
“High educational institutions should do more to turn out
graduates who can think logically, scientifically and
creatively.”

17. Camilo Osias
“Our education should instill love for work, spirit of
tolerance, respect for law, love for peace and practice of
thrift.”

18. Camilo Osias
Dr. Osias believed that education should secure for every
person the fullest measure of freedom, efficiency, and
happiness. Efficiency, he demands that one must be able to
cooperate with the other members of the society to promote
common good.

19. Camilo Osias
He also advocated that the educational system must
contribute towards the achievement of the goals of
education by inculcating their minds and hearts of the youth
the value of preserving the patrimony of the country
promoting the general welfare of the people.

23. Rafael Palma
Rafael Palma y Velasquez was a Filipino politician, Rizalian,
writer, and educator. He became the fourth President of the
University of the Philippines. He was later elected a Senator
under the Nacionalista Party, consistently representing the
4th District, in both the 1916 and 1919 senatorial polls.

24. Rafael Palma
Palma advocated “academic freedom”.
“The teacher is not supposed to dramatize. He has no right
to impose on his students his theories or personal belief. He
is expected to stimulate free discussion; leaving to his
students the choice of the system of thought which best
satisfies their reason.”

25. Rafael Palma
“The primary purpose of education, according to Palma, is to
develop the individual to his highest efficiency so that he can
be of use to himself and to the community. Such a concept is
based on the philosophy of altruism and is closely allied to
citizenship.”

26. Rafael Palma
“Education must produce individuals who are both useful to
themselves and to society.”

27. Rafael Palma
He stressed that Filipino culture and tradition should be the
bases of education in the Philippines. According to him, the
educational concept is closely related to nationalism and love
of country. He also stressed that education in this country
should prepare the child for the democratic way of life.

28. Rafael Palma
“To my humble way of thinking education(college) has for its
supreme and overshadowing aim the formulation of a sound
and noble outlook of life.”

29. Rafael Palma
“Our education should instil love for work, spirit of tolerance,
respect for law, love for peace and practice of thrift.”

30. Rafael Palma
The qualities that should distinguish the educated Filipinos of
today are
(1) power to do
(2) knowledge of the past and current events and
(3) possession of the elements of conduct that are the
accomplishment of culture and morality. “

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