GMRC Report
GMRC Report
LESSON 2 EASTERN
INFLUENCE ON
FILIPINO VALUES
AND GOOD
MANNERS AND
RIGHT CONDUCT
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the lesson, the students must be
able to:
Discuss the western and eastern influences on Filipino
values and Good Manners and Right Conduct
identify the positive and negative Filipino values and
their implications to economic and development and;
appraise one’s personal values and understood it’s
implications to being an GMRC teachers
Contributory
Factors to
Filipino
Culture
FOREIGN
INFLUENCES
Malays
The basic component of Filipino culture is the Malay temperament which could
be best described by "niceness and pleasantness" to others rather than by virtue
of law abiding features. In its fluidness of culture, the Malay family clan or unit is
the world's best security system.
Chinese
Filial piety between parents and children, the flexibility to go along with other
people and the “sageliness within and kingliness without” of the Filipino is
believed to be due to Chinese influence.
Indian
Indian influence is found in the languages, mode of dressing, architectural art,
folk, beliefs, brass and copper-ware.
Hindu
It is the most pervasive in the Filipino belief system. For instance is the prediction
of Filipino newspaper readers for horoscope and fortune telling sections.
Spanish
It is reflective of more developed societies at their point of contact, broadened
the outlook of the Filipino. Spain introduced a community. Oriented rather than a
family-oriented religion in the form of Christianity. It contributed to an elite class.
A social and political organization, according to Western institutions, was brought
to the Philippines.
Americans
The United States further broadened this heritage by introducing a democracy
that called for individual liberty and equality as well as a national community
which everybody was supposed to participate through national suffrage.
Latin
- Machismo culture
-Big gatherings and fiestas
- Manana attitude about - Hospitality and
time generousity
- Large number of people - Cleanliness
party all night - Difficulty in
distinguishing between
reality and myth
Asian
- appreciation of beauty