FILIPINO THINKERS, EDUCATORS AND

PHILOSOPHERS-PRE 20TH CENTURY

 DR. JOSE P. RIZAL

 ANDRES BONIFACIO
 INTRODUCTION

In the revolution of 1896, two proponent

thinkers stood out. The two whose ideology were
very different, though both want the same thing, a
better Philippines.
Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the reformist, the pacifist who
preferred to write and explain his ideologies than to
go out and battle.
Andres Bonifacio, the revolutionary, though self-
educated, had learned what he needs to set out his
own method of defeating the enemy.
 DR. JOSE P. RIZAL

Born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna. He had his

first lessons from his mother Teodora Alonso.
He entered Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1872 and
obtained bachelor’s degree with the highest honor in
1876.
He studied Medicine at University of Sto. Tomas but
finished the course in Madrid University in 1885.
He took graduate studies in Paris, France and
Heidelberg, Germany.
 DR. JOSE P. RIZAL

“The school is the book in which

is written the future of nations.
Show us the schools of the people
and we will tell you what those
people are.”
 DR. JOSE P. RIZAL

 He believed in the importance of the school as

a social organization.
 According to him, the school must train the
citizens in the three phases of life:
1. Moral
2. Intellectual
3. Physical
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 The school should prepare the individual to
live efficiently both as individual and as a
member of the community to which he
belongs.
 Rizal’s philosophy of education centers 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.
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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.
 ANDRES BONIFACIO

 Andres Bonifacio was a Filipino revolutionary,

who founded and later became the supreme
leader of the Katipunan (KKK).
 He came from a middle class family from
Tondo, Manila.
 His education was very limited because of the
early death of his parents which forced him to
leave school while still young and support his
siblings.
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He worked as a messenger for the local

parish church where he rose to become a
salesman of tar and other goods.
He also worked as a warehouseman and
also set up a family business of selling
canes and paper fans.
Gregoria de Jesus was his second wife
whom he married in 1893.
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He is a wide reader who educated

himself by reading books.
He had spent more time on the fields
fighting than on the table writing.
He wrote some famous works which
focused on his revolutionary ideals and
about patriotism and nationalism.
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At some point of time, Bonifacio also

believed on a peaceful reformation of
the Philippines, but after sometime, he
realized that an armed struggle is the
only solution.
His philosophy was simple: he wanted
Spaniards out of the Philippines.
 ANDRES
ANDRES BONIFACIO
BONIFACIO

He was motivated and persistent for a

revolution because he witnessed the
suffering of his country against
Spaniards.
He fight for the change and liberty of
Filipinos through revolution.
As they say: he that conquers by sword
will also be defeated by sword.
IMPLICATION

Filipino heroes’ philosophy of education,

therefore, centers 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 and thus, poster patriotism
and nationalism to oneself.
Thank you for

Listening!!!!
REFERENCES:
http://www.slideshare.net/filipino-educators
http://www.filipino-educators
http://wikipedia.org.ph/joserizal/biography
http://wikipedia.org.ph/andresbonifacio/biography
Philosophical Foundations of Education, Dr. Avelina C. Bucao, Ed. D. et.al