Values in Philippine Culture and Education

Excerpt from the Preface: "Damages culture"and "the sick man of Asia" are just two of the many phrases used to describe the Philippine situation today. Questions such as "what's wrong, what's right with the Filipino?" have set many Filipino minds upon some deep and not-so-deep soul-searching and brain-storming. Is American democracy fit for the Philippines? Is Catholicism brought by Spain partly responsible for the failure of the country to become another economic "tiger"of Asia? The questions have not been answered with finality, although short-term and medium-term responses have been proposed and realized...