By:

gcog-Estardo, RN, LPT, MAEd

Science andIIITechnology
and
Nation Building
 Objectives:
Philippine nation building;

• Discuss
policies ofthe
teT government therole
government
policies
of pertaining
science andtotechnol
S&T in
fimpact on the development
their contributions of
to nation-building;
.
• Brief Historical Background o
Science and Technology in the
Philippines
Video Presentation
• Philippines Then and Now
communities own
their for culture
many years.and traditions.

lief system
• The and
early indigenous knowledge
inhabitants of the archipela
hem organized and sustained their lives
 • Pre-Spanish
Philippines

-Embedded
in the way of
life
 SCIENCE

ting crops that provide them food

ing care of animals
d production
rpret the movements of heavenly bodies to
ct seasons and climates
dicinal uses of plants
 TECHNOLOGY
– Building houses
– Developing tools
– Irrigations
– Musical instruments
 • Metal Age influence
ith other countries
– Gold and silver jewelry

us or Folk Science
• Spanish Rule
– Brought their own c
and practices
ouse tools

of subjects and disciplines

ing of
uses onscience in school
using and focuses on
developing
tanding
– Established
different schools related
conceptsand introduced
to the the c
body, plants, animals and bodies.
 – Became modernized
• Life during the Spanish era
l colleges and universities
Spaniards using indigenous materials.
Filipinos replicated technology brought by the
advanced science were introduced in
• Galleon Trade
leon trade was supplied by merchants
om port areas of Fujian who traveled
a to sell the Spaniards spices,
, ivory, processed silk cloth and other
commodities.
565 to 1815, the galleon trade
ted to the change of culture, language
ronment for both Philippines and
 alleon Trade was a government
poly. Only two galleons were used: One
from Acapulco to Manila with some
0 pesos worth of goods, spending 120
t sea; the other sailed from Manila to
lco with some 250,000 pesos worth of
spending 90 days at sea.
 • The country
s beliefs became
and Catholic one of the cent
doctrines
global
halted thetrade in SEA
growth of science in
ne of the most developed places in the region.
 • American Period
e influence in the
pment of S&T
 people

• Pubic education syst

mproved
sources engineering
were exploredworks and health
and exploited
 • “Americanize” the Filipinos

– Reorganized the learning of science

dies and science and sanitation.
ucation, science education focuses on
 itself from the ruins of the war.
spirit to survive and to rebuild the
• The country had a difficult
be strong but the capacity of the time to re
ring back what was destroyed was
 improving S&T capability.
resource development

– Focusing on using its limited resources in

verseas Development Allocation to
•New Republic
cientific productivity and technological
 • Survival
• EconomicInternal Influences
Activities
• Culture

Development
Philippines
of S & T in
the
Influences in the Dev
of S & T in the Philipp

• Traders with
Foreign
External
Countries
demands Influences
Colonizers
• International
• Foreign
Economic
• How does school
science shape Science
and Technology in our
country?
CIENCE ANDGOVERNMENT
ON
ECHNOLOGY POLICIES
 • introduced
L: prepare the whole implemented
andcountry and itspro
projects
to meet
edriven the and policies
demands of to
a boost scien
world and capacitate
technology.
ve in a world driven by science.
onse to the ASEAN 2015 Agenda, the
ent, particularly the DOST, has sought
rtise of the NRCP to consult various
n the society to study how the
es can prepare itself in meeting the
015 Goals.
 1. Social Sciences, Humanities, Ed
cal and Pharmaceutical
. Physics, Engineering, Sciences
International
and Policies
Industrial Govern
andResearch,
• The NRCP clustered these polici
arth and Space Sciences, and Mathematics
ces, Agriculture, and Forestry
 ng ASEAN awareness in basic education
dding to the curriculum
1. Social
izing teaching Sciences,
in the Humanities,
mother tongue
International
ing school infrastructurePolicies and Gove
and providing
oadband
od security
opportunities
• Outright grants for peer
2. Physics, Engineering,
monitoring and In
cience of development
moverand technology
• Review ofResearch,
RA 9184 Earth
as an and Space Scie
Mathematics
phasizing degrees, licenses, and employment
rojects

2%
Ensuring GDP to research
of thecompliance of drug-manufacturing fir
ith ASEAN-harmonized
upporting human genome standards by full
mplementation
g food 3.
and Medical,
drug theChemical
ofagencies and Pharmac
FDA to conduct
ed research as pool of information
Creating an education council dedicated to
tandardization of pharmaceutical services and
are
 standards countries

g indigenous
• Protectingknowledge systems
and conserving
4. Biological Sciences, and
biodiversity by f
Agriculture
people’s conservation
implementation of existing laws
of common
on• Use of biosafety
foodand
andstandard
safety model by AS