Paradigms of socio-economic development and their educational implications: Towards a Filipino synthesis

• Main Author: Ward, Thomas J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1988
• Subjects: Educational planning; Educational Administration and Supervision; Educational Leadership
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/624
• Institution: De La Salle University

This dissertation is an attempt to provide a succinct survey and evaluation of four possible models for the future educational and socioeconomic development of the Philippines: 1. Western Capitalism (Classical Liberalism) 2. Communism 3. Liberation Theology 4. Confucianist Social Theory A separate part of this dissertation attempts to propose a Filipino synthesis. This aforementioned section also includes a comparison between Confucianist Asian values and traditional bayanihan values, indicating how they might apply to education and socioeconomic development. There is a growing consensus that the world is entering a Pacific era. The Philippines can and should play a vital role in that era because of its location and historical experience, making the Philippines a potential bridge amongst the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The preparation of this dissertation has led its writer to feel that the Philippines needs to evaluate its unique cultural assets as well as establish a stronger rapport with its neighbors including Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Korea. Signs indicate that in Asia, a new model for educational and socioeconomic development is emerging which is neither Western capitalism nor Western socialism but instead an Asian amalgam which can be harmonized with the moral underpinnings of the bayanihan culture of the Philippines. As a Far Eastern nation with a most unique history, the Philippines has a potential and perhaps the duty to seek to establish not only a model for democracy but also a model for economic development. Attitude will be a key factor and attitude must be developed in the context of the family and the classroom.