NSTP MODULE 6: SELF AND FILIPINO SOCIETY Objectives: ‘At the end of the lesson, you should be able to’ 4. Define self-awareness and self-concept, 2. Appreciate the Filipino value system, 3. Continue developing knowledge, altitudes, values, and skills in order to act locally in building a just, peaceful, equitable, compassionate community; 4. Create an impact in your community, and 5. Behave in ways that fulfill your individual and social responsible goals Understanding the self and sociely helps you acquire @ positive sense of self and social responsibility thet will lead you to the development of your potentials and enable you to live together harmoniously in the contexts of your family, local community, and country, as well In an increasingly globalized worl, it is important that you are able to see things through the hearts, minds, and eyes of others, and understand the impact of regional and global issues on your lives and the lives of the members of your family, community, and country. (Read Your self is your basic personality or nature, especially considered in terms of what you are really like as a person. You're looking more like your usual self. A person's selfs the essential part of their nature which makes them different from everyone and everything else. Since the self 's 8 reference by a subject to the same subject, this reference 15 necessarily subjective. The sense of having a self — or solf-hood - should, however, do not be confused with subjectivity itself Ostensibly, this sense is directed outward irom the subject to refer inward, back to ts "seit" (or itself) ‘The first-person perspective distinguishes selfhood from personal identity. Whereas “identity” is (literally) sameness and may involve categorization and labeling, salf-hood implies a first-person perspective and suggests potential uniqueness. Conversely, we use "person" as a third-person reference.Dimensions of self care 1 PRVSIGSISEIFERRE involves your AESGAOSIEEBNNEEIS This area also includes stress management, your dentalimedical check-ups. 50 minutes of physical activty helps release endorphins as well as build strength and cardiovascular endurance. In addition physieal activly has proven to help you sleep better and feel better 2 Intellectual self-care involves your personal growth and continuous pursuit for learning This also includes engaging in new things, practicing mindfulness, and keeping a positive mindset Take @ much needed bresk from the millions of thoughts you 2. SHALES noes having BSUEBERAETNERRSTBEEEIE. This oroup of peoples Sroyou can rr fo nhen You need eng o wudance, Comovtors bu hos fo Stools senso or bslionglandeceentance 4 Spiral Selt-eare involves (helbelietsiand WaldsstthatheIpGUIGSIVOUFINs This includes prectices that help nourish your soul, seek understanding, and explore your spiritual life Siow down and focus. Consequently, this allows you to be in touch with each muscle group that’s working. Being in touch with your self is part of the spiritual self-care dimension. SUE MGLONANSEICESE involves BWAEREES This includes awareness of your feelings and emotions and dealing with stress in a positive way. It also entails cultivating a sense of compassion, kindness, end love for yourselves and others. [SELF-AWARENESS AND FILIPINO VALUES. ‘As early as the time of Socrates, we have known about the importance of self-awareness Understanding oneselt is the Key not only to our ability to succeed, but also to our ability to work effectively with others. Studies show that the best managers are those who are keenly aware of their strengths and weaknesses. They are able to capitalize on their own strengths and either improve their weaknesses or work with others whose qualitios complament theirs. They are able to understand others — their motivation, needs, style and capabilities, and limitations ~ and use this information to motivate and to get results from them. Wolves paying attention to oneself and consciously knowing one’s attitudes and dispositions. This mindful understanding comprises awareness of sensations, emotions, feelings, thoughts, the physical body, relationships with others, and how these interact, What is Self Awareness?* Allows you to understand other people, how they perceive you, your attitude and your responses to them at the moment. © Is tho first step in creating what you want and mastoring it Where you can focus your attention, your emotions, reactions, personality and behavior determine where you go in life Characteristics of a Person WPERAtional| Every person is a rational being. This ‘s what distinguishes a parson fram ll 2WEFFEE! Al numan beings are bom free. A person has the freedom to do or not to do @ specific action. However, avery person must be responsible for his own action Every person is unique EVSIvlipErsonliias!ihistiownlidentityiisuchithatine Generally speaking, human beings have the seme characteristics and physical features and but no two persons are the same because ‘every person has its own perception, has different sets of values and prionities in life, ‘a@issetat being. Every person i intinsieally @ social being. He cannot detech his being from otnors and all othor croaturos in tho univorso | ‘SUNISEXUAI: All created ving things are sexual in nature but the uniqueness of expression of @ pe’son’s sexuality makes i all_different | 2. Seltawareness is an awareness of one's own personality or individuality. + You are you and you are what you think. * You are unique in your own way. + Only you can control your destiny and make a difference in your life. 1. Being aware of and remaining constantly on guard against the Filipino tendency towards negativism,2. Use your! (courage and strength) to move away trom the fatastc [SUIGAG (wheel of fortune) end BARBIAENE’ (come what may) attitude * Begin by getting involved with your own fe. + Begin without expecting instant miracles, * Believe in your abilities and work unyieldingly to reach your objective. 4._ Recognizing Divine Providence Biligns worse crested ovards God as after sg wh kes ae a: BRB ‘Your self-help concepts, self-improvement teachings: Believe in yourself. Keep your pronties straight Take responsibilty for yourself. Focus on what you want Control stress. Do everything with love. Its just no uset Lust know that it won't work! ‘That's just my luck! Im so clumsy! Everything | eat goss right to my waist ‘Today just isn't my day! |'can never afford the things | want never have enough timel That really makes me mad! 10. 'm too shy! 11. | never know what to say! 12. And the never ending list goes on. 41. Life is not a matter of luck or fortune. 2. Success in self-management is always the resull of something else, something that leads up to it 3. Most of what happens to you happens because of you — something you created, directed, influenced, or allowed to happenOther Concepts: > Behavior means our ACTIONS © What we do or do not do. | * Our feelings will directly influence our actions. Our feelings are created, controlled, determined, or influenced by our attitudes «Are the perspectives from which you view life © What we believe about anything will determine our altitudes about it, create our feelings, direct our actions, and influence us to do well or poorly, or sucesed ar fail * Boliof is a power to make something appear to be something different than what it really ‘Programming! our conditioning from the day we were born has created, reinforced, and nearly. permanently cemented most of what we believe about ourselves and what we believe about ‘most of what goos on around us. Therefore, + You say something bad or negative about yourself, and you accept it e Level2 On the surface it looks as though it should work for us, but instead, it works against us= Ineed fo" “Tought_"T would + You stato the decision in the “present tense" like “I never no longer...” Level 4 | Battonau ‘+ Themosteffestvekind ofseiFialk ** You are painting a completed new picture of yourself. += “This is ma | want mysolf to create” “i am._"“Yes can Level | 4 + Sol-faic wien nas boon spoken for ousands of years ‘= Solf-tak of “onenoss" with God. itis ‘= "Lam one of the universe and itis one with me. I am fit, within it, end exist @s a shining spark in a firmament of divine goodness, ESS) “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” ‘Anuted to gotter Jemy Barber in 1960, Improving your skills ~ a practice known as personal development ~ does not happen by itself ‘Some personal development can be a matter of being in the night place at the right time, and simply taking up opportunities. But consistent, effective personal development across a wide range of skills requires doliberate and focused effort. ‘This topic explains the importance of planning your personal development in order to achieve your goals and ambitions in life, whether caraer-focusd or more personal At various points in your life, you may be presented with opportunities for personel development: perhaps the chance to work with someone particularly inspiring, or to do something new and unexpected But itis also true to say that you make your own luck. In other words, you have to know what you need to improve to achieve a particular ambition, and then work on it. But if you do so, you will improve. And only by doing so will you have a chanee of achieving that ambition. (On the other hang, if you really don’t know what you need to improve, you can't work on it. And if'you don't plan ahead to develop the sills that you need for your chosen course in life, you will not be able to achieve all that you want, ‘The reason for planning your personal development is therefore very simple: only you know what you want to achieve, and the key to achieving it is in your hands vie the actions you take. Planning what you nead to do to achieve your goals is a vital step in the process.Many people may first came across personal development plans as part of a course of study, or at work. But planning what you need to do to improve or change yourself is not just important in formal situations. It can also help in your personal life too Elements of Your Personal Development Plan There are a number of things that you need to include in a personal development plan {A cclear vision of where you want to be and why: It is really helpful to think about where you want to be and whet you want to do. It ean be useful to think in terms of differant lengths of time: for exampla, one month, six months, one year, five years. Itis also helpful to make your vision as detailed as possible, across all spheres of life: career, where you want to live, your hobbies and even relationships. The more detail you can include, right down to how you will feel about it, the easier it will be to hold onto your vision when times are hard, 2. A good understanding of the skills you need to develop to achieve your vision. ‘The next step to your personal development plan is to think about what skills you need to develop, and why this is important to achieving your vision, It is important to make sure that the skills you are targeting are clearly linked to 8 Purpose, which is in turn linked to your vision. Without this clarity, your personal development efforts may fail. In particular, you may not concentrate on the right skills, or be fully aware of your timescale. A clear idea of the standard you need to achieve, and how different that is from your current standard: The difference between where you are now and where you need to be tells you the magnitude of the task It, therefore, affects how long it will take, and also how much effort you need to put in. 4 Allevel of priority for each area: You cannot do everything at ance. Instead, you need 10 prioritize. One very good way to do this is to list all your areas for development, then ask yourself two questions about each one, answering on a scale of one to five ‘© How important is this to me? + How essential is it to develop it now? ‘Add together (or multiply) the scores for the two questions for each area, and you will have a much better idea of which areas to focus on first, because they are either more Important, or thay are more time-cntical Leave the other areas for a later date: next year, or even a few years’ time. 5. A detailed idea of how to get from where you are now for each skills or area, to ‘where you want to be: It sounds obvious, but you need to know how you are going to get from (a) to (b): where you are now, to where you want to be. Just as with your vision, it can be helpful to break this down by time: in a month/six months/a year, what will youhave done on the way to your ultimate goals? This makas it easier to check your progress and keep yourself on track (One Step at a Time When you first start thinking about personal development, it can seem as if you know nothing, and have no skills. You may find this point rather overwhelming! But it's important to bear two things in mind ait 4. You dohave skills. You nave been learning and developing all your life, and you already have many, many skils. 2. You don't have to improve everything all at once. In fact, you're much better off not trying to do that. Focus fn just one or two aroas at @ time, and you will seo much larger improvements, and also feel less overwhelmed 3. Again, there is a reason why personal development is sometimes called ‘lifelong leaming” there is no time limit on it ea tae ken nd Many Faces of the Filipinos ‘There is much good in the Filipino but there is much that needs to be changed. If we have to succeed in nation building, we must start with people-building by taking a close look al ‘ourselves. Then we can see that many of our strong points aro also source of our weakness, As a people, we are person-oriented and relationships with others are a very important part of ur lives. On the other hand, our being such when carried too far makes us lose our objective. We also leatn to ignore time honored rules and procedures whare everyone, regardless of our relationship with them ere treated equally. Our being person-oriented leads us to be concemed for people yet unfair to some. We find other contradiction in the many faces of the Filipino. Our relationship with others (pakikipagkapwa-tao) and our “to-each-his-own mentality” (kanya-kanya) live comfortably with us. We are other-oriented and capable of great empathy and yet we are faullinders who are self serving and envious of one another. ‘Tho strengths and weaknesses of the Filipino have their roots in many factors such as: 4.) Family & home environment: The main components of the home environment© til Wearing BH@RHICES? Child rearing ean be doth dificult and rewarding at the same time. The goal of every parent is to have your child grow up to be @ respectable and resourceful adut in society Child rearing in the Filipino family is characterized by: : The Filipino child grows up in an atmosphere of love and affection. Providing the children with the opportunity, means and support to pursue their i Some parents act on their own needs for power and use control and coercion to ensure that they remain the dominant forces in their children’s lives, Low discipline. Altompts to maintain discipline come in the form of many *no's" and ‘don'ts" and a system of criticism to keep children in line. Subtle comparisons among siblings also are used by mothers to control their children, © Family relations. In a large family where we are encouraged to get along with our siblings and other relatives, we learn pakikipagkaowa-tao. In an authoritarian setting we leam respect for age and authority, at the same time we become passive and dependent on authonty. Children are taught to value family and to give it primary importance. ‘+ Family attitudes and orientation. The Filipino’s family onentation may be attributed to the colonial times when the hierarchical structure of family has been in prevalent place, where age and status demand high levels of respect, and the good of the family takes precedence over personal desires. This charactenstic 1s still present despite modern times. ‘Tho social environment of the Filipino is characterized by a FSR ‘The main components of social environment are: social structures, social systems such as’ interpersonal religions and community interaction Filipino culture rewards_such ‘an openness to the outside which easily incorporates foreign elements without a basie consciousness of our cultural core 1. History. Wo aro the product of cur GOISFIGNNISIERY, which is rogarded by many as tho culpnt behind our lack of nationalism and our colonial mentality. Colonialism developed a mind-set in the Filipino which encouraged us to think of the colonial power as superior and more powerful+ “They develop a mind-set that things learned in schools are not related to real life.” +The lack of suitable local textbooks and dependence on foreign textbooks, particularly in the higher school levels, * Aside from the influences of the formal curriculum, thore are the influences of the “hidden curriculum” Le., the values taught informally by the Philippine school system: Schools are highly authoritarian, with the teacher as the central focus. The Filipino student learns passivity and conformity The Filipino student is taught to be dependent on the teacher Filipino students, as wall as their teachers, were forced to use school materials that are irrelevant to the Philippine setting 3 Religion the root of Fino optimism and its eapedty to accept t's Fas, tovover igor ato nation be Pinno culuses a estncioncnd cre, occupation with the afterlife 4. Many Filipino traits are ‘Our difficulties drive us to take risks, impel us to work very hard, and develop in us the ability to survive. Poverty, however, has also become an excuse for graft and corruption, particularly among the lower ranks of the bureaucracy. 5 The Philippine political environment is characterized by a Political power and authority is concentrated in the hands of the elite and the participation of most Filipinos often is limited to voting in elections. + Basic services from the government are concentrated in Menila and its outlying towns. and provinces. Political power, still very much concentrated in the hands of a few, may lead to passivity. 8 nZ It means technology that is intended to reach a mass audience a The most common platforms for media are newspapers, magazines, radio, television and the latest is the internet. The tendency of media to produce escapist movies, soap operas, comics, etc, food the Filipino's passivity. Rather than confront our poverty and oppression, wa fantasize instead. The propensity to use flashy sets, designer clothes, superstars, and other “bongga’ features reinforce ‘porma.” 7. Filipinos look up to their leaders as role models. Thus, when our leaders violate the law or show themselves to be self-serving and driven by personal interest — when there is lack of public accountabilily — there is @ negative impact on the Filipino. Strengths and Weakns of the Filipino Character STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES 1. Pakikipagkapwa-tao: Opening yourself to | 1_ Extreme personalismothers and feel one with others with dignity and respect; deal with them as fellow human beings ~ sense of faimess and justice = coneem for others = ability to empathize with others ~ helpfulness and generosity ~ practice of hospitality ~ sensitive to other feelings and trust Family orientation. @ genuine and deep love for family. = commitment and responsibility ~ honor and respect > generosity and sacrifice ~ sense of trust and security 3. Joy and humor Filipinos have a cheerful fand fun-loving approach to life and its ups and downs, pleasant disposition, a sense of humor and propensity for happiness that contribute not only to the Filipino charm but also to the Filipino Spirit. We laugh at those we love and hate. We tend to make joke about our good and even bad fortune, to smile even in the most tuying of times. = emotional balance and optimism ~ healthy disrespect for power and office . Flexibility, adaptability and creativity 5. Hard work and industry: capacity for hard work given to raise one’s standard living of a decent life for one’s family. 6. Faith and Religiosity: Faith in God accepting reality to comprehend as a human created by God. "Pampalakas- lob’ 7. Ability to Survive — always trying fo give personal interpretation to actions ~ thank you with “but” (compliment. enticism-compliment) 2. Extreme Family Centeredness + strong family protection good or bad condition 3. Lack of Discipline: relaxed attitude but poor time management + impatient and unable to delay gratification or reward + love to take short-cuts or ‘palusot’ system + carelessness 4. Passivity and Lack of Initiative: strong reliance to others fate + Yeah, proud Pinoy. It's all because of the race (nationalityiblood) not by persons attitude, hard-work, dream and perseverance ete + very complacent (relax) but there's rarely is @ sense of urgency (I's OK we have 1 day loft fo finish, just ralax) = {00 patient without any plan or action (matitsin) "Bahala na system,” "No matter whet, at least we tried + doubt and debate first than study: discuss until planning and action 5. Colonial Mentality: Patriotism vs active awareness + luck of love and appreciation on what one has = open outside but side-open or close inside 6. Kanya-kanya Syndrome: self-serving attitude that generates feeling of envy and competitiveness towards others (status vs prestige). = personel ambition but insensitive to ‘common good + crab mentality = lack of appreciation resulting unhealthy ‘competition 7. Lack of self analysis and reflection = Sometimes superficial (Nes eC Nationalism means to give more importance to unity by way of a cultural background. including language and heritage. To a person, it implies that his country is the most superior among other countries and he will defend it no matter what It is a common virtue that pertains to the love for a nation, with more emphasis on values and beliefs. One who is patriatic wil be ready to make any sacrifice for his country. He will never live solfishly for himseit alone. A soldier for instance makes the supreme sacrifice of his life for the sake of his country.What is the difference between PATRIOTISM and NATIONALISM? Nationalism, etymologically, means love, care for, preserve and patronage of one's native land and everything in it the country of birth of a national, whether it be Filipino or otherwise. To be a Filipino nationalist, therefore, the ethnological ramifications of nationalism must all be present in one’s being. This implies a heartfell dedication for the love, care, and preservation of the Philippines and everything that is identified with it the Philippine territory, the inhabitants, Philippine sovereignty, its government, all things that represent and symbolize the country, the aspirations, hopes, dreams and nesds of the Filipino people On the other hand, ls the total realization of that love for the country, whieh is nationalism. In other words, to be patriotic is to be nationalistic. Conversaly, one cannot be patriotic without being nationalistic ; ‘A patriot loves his own country, but he does not hate the people of other countries. A nationalist might consider his own nation important and hate the people of other nations. A paltiot is intemational in his outlook He 1s broad-minded and tolerant. He is a citizen of the worid. A nationalist may be narrow-minded. He may think in terms of his own country and hate all those who are not his countrymen. You may call yourself a patriot if you 1. Respect the flag and value Filipino identity 2. Know your nation’s history and be able to share it to others. 3. Are a productive citizen. 4. Are aware of the issues in our country. 5. Stand proud for every Filipino achievement, 6. Patronize and support our own products 7. Respect everyone and value our traditions. 8. Speak out our own language and not hesitant to tell where you really came from. 9. 1 Remember and commemorate our heroes’ sacrifices for our country. (0. Love your family, our neighbors, and our compatriots. Vision : A God-centered, peaceful, progressive, just and humane society, with every Filipino citizen making his unique contribution to the upliftment and well-being of his family, community, country, and the world by living the basic values of the Filipino people enshrined in the Philippine Constitution Mission: To inspire and empower all Filipina citizens of every age and station in life, to live the basic values of the Filipino people to the best of their abiity at all ime and in all places. Principles: 1. Good eitizenship is the duty of every Filipino. 2. Good citizenship actions proceeded good citizenship values. 3, The building of a strong, progressive nation of the just and humane society envisioned in the Philippine Constitution requires that every Filipino citizen makes his unique contribution. 4. Citizens are called to help, affirm and reinforce one another as they seek to be good citizens 5. Good governance and good citizenship are inseparableGOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUES (Based on the 1987 Philippine Constitution) = Faith in the Almighty = Respect for life = Order = Work = Concern for the family and future generations = Love - Freedom - Peace ~ Truth ~ Justice = Unity - Equality ~ Respect for law and government ~ Patriotism ~ Promotion of the common good ~ Concem for the environment