First of a series
I HAVE been teaching at the university level since 1996. I taught at several universities both in the Philippines and abroad. Here in the Philippines, I handled courses on Philippine history and The Life, Works and Writings of Jose Rizal the most frequent. I want to share some of the things that I focus on in these courses that I teach to hopefully help both fellow teachers and students, beginning with the Rizal course, which comprises 75 percent of my teaching load this term.
There was a progression in Rizal's thought, from universal and motherhood statements associated with national development — i.e., 'education gives luster to the motherland,' etc. — to agitation for the necessity of political and other reforms, owing perhaps to his exposure to the Filipino-Spanish expatriate community while in Spain.
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