The concept of Filipino loob: implications to philosophy of education

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1998
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Abstract
Fr. Leonardo Mercado observed (1977) that our Filipino students, after spending practically 14 years in school, are alienated from their own culture. They speak in English, look up at American and European personalities as models, and eventually migrate because their intellectual homeland is abroad. Fr. Mercado attributes this phenomenon to the Western and foreign models of philosophies of education. As such, there is a compelling need to define philosophy of education in terms of cultural background. Cultural approach to education aims to explain concepts of learning as lived and viewed by the particular man in a particular reality. Education must look at the nature of the individual men (Mercado 1977:78). And what common ground can all Filipinos, regardless of religion, agree upon to stick together? It is the road towards the Filipino loob. Loob cannot be univocally defined with a single term but rather a conglomeration of the different elements within man. It includes dama, isip, malay, budhi, bait, kalooban, and ugali. Loob, in other words, is the totality of the self. It is the inner principle of who a person is. Furthermore, loob is a world in itself that has lawak, lalim, and laman. It is capable of reaching out sa abot-kaya in order to response to the call of the situation because it has neither boundary nor limit in its creativity, capacity to understand and accept the kapwa-loob as part of its world. As such, loob has the capacity to lumawak, lumalim, maglaman pa o kumitid, bumabaw o mawalan ng laman depending on how loob opens itself to other loob. Loob is structured towards integration. It is in this integration of loob or pag-buo ng loob Filipino can find the reason to exist, the reason to be happy. Buo ang loob is a term that encompasses so many positive traits and thus must be pursued. By the very essence of the word buo, it presupposes completeness, strength and firmness. It is strong conviction accompanied by committed courses of action. It is the end-result of a complete process of decision making and not just the spur of the moment thinking. Therefore, it gives birth to a wise choice that minimizes confusion, discord, and conflict. As such, it leads to an orderly, peaceful way of life. The teleology of loob is towards integration. Education is not only to transmit technical-know-how in order to earn money. Basically it includes formation of
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Authors Catherine Edith O. Cruz
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Journal Malay Journal
Year 1998
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