The Educational Philosophy of Rizal

 THE EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF DR.

JOSE RIZAL "My countrymen, I have given
proofs, more than anybody else or desiring
liberties for our country and I still desire
them. But I place as a premise the education
of the people so that by means of education
and labor they might have a personality of
their own and make themselves worthy of
liberties."

 Jose Rizal What is education? Education is

"the culture which each generation
purposely gives to those who are to be its
successor, in order to qualify them for at
least keeping up, if possible, for raising the
level of improvement which has been
attained." According to Pestalozzi, education
is the unfolding of the natural, hidden
faculties of the child. according to Froebel,
he thought that it is the perfecting,
advancing, and progressing of man from one
stage of development to another.
PHILOSOPHY IMPORTANCE TO A PERSON
Rizal's philosophy of education under two
headings: THE MISSION OF EDUCATION
EDUCATING THE EDUCATOR is the study of
general and fundamental problems, such as
those connected with existence, knowledge,
values, reason, mind, and language. people
can clarify what they believe, and they can
be stimulated to think about ultimate
questions the very language we speak uses
classifications derived from philosophy
every institution of society is based on
philosophic ideas THE MISSION OF
EDUCATION "Instruction" Madrid, 1882
"education elevates the country to the
highest seat of the immortal dazzling glory"
"education is the greatest benefactor of
human beings" "through it, the arts and
sciences, which crown men with honor are
born" "it domesticates barbarous nations
and make champions of savages" "it is the
fountain of crystalline virtue which elevates
mortal beings to the height of the gods"
"through education, the human breast is
inflamed with the love of the good and the
noble which are the balsam of life"
"education offers the country immortal
splendor and lustre" AIM OF EDUCATION is
the development of people's mentality
education aims at the making of every citizen
a professional man education aims at the
making of every citizen a professional man
but the real aim of education is not in
QUANTITY but in QUALITY lawyers may be
plenty doctors may abound in number
trouble insult the FIRST MISSION OF
 EDUCATION is to open the possibility of the
future to those creatures most
commendable effect of education enable
the individual to see many things in a wider
perspective education aims at the
development of self consciousness of the
individual as well as the consciousness that
he is part of a greater whole "The school is
the foundation of society, the school is the
book in which is read the future of the
people. Show us the school of the people
and we will tell you what kind of people they
are." speaking of
 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT prerequisite of any
social progress EDUCATING
 THE EDUCATORS failure or success the lack
of financial aid is the very great obstacle to
the realization of any educational program
the lack of inducement or stimulus to make
the children study makes a second great
obstacle ROLE OF MOTIVATION IN
EDUCATION b o r e d o m study for study's
sake is ideal MORE PRACTICAL THAN
IDEALISTIC mere idealism will FAIL the home
is recognized as a great social force in the
education of a people the centers of learning
are of course the greatest factor in
education the home can best serve the
interest of enlightenment if the parents
would help in the molding of the mentality
of the children towards social progress
fanatics without a shades of a real thinker
aim producing a well-balanced mentality
progress the school includes the atmosphere
in it. A very fine building with an intolerable
atmosphere is not conducive to learning the
school does not become a place of pain and
torment intellectual recreation THE
EDUCATORS moral responsibility good
teacher honorable personality word of
mouth and by examples of deeds in
conclusion under such pitiful condition of
education, poor mentality becomes the
result. the education institution is not just an
intellectual recreation but a place of
diversion "HE WHO GIVES HIS GOLD AND
LIFE TO THE STATE HAS THE RIGHT TO
DEMAND THAT IT SHOULD GIVE HIM LIGHT
IN ORDER TO GAIN BETTER HIS GOLD AND
CONSERVE BEST HIS LIFE."