S T and The Nation Building
S T and The Nation Building
S T and The Nation Building
PRE-SPANISH
- Agriculture
- Movement of Heavenly Bodies
- Technology in building
houses, irrigations & developing
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Historical Background of S & T in the Philippines
PRE-SPANISH
- Tools in planting, hunting,
cooking and fishing
- tools for fighting and musical
instruments
- tools for transportation 3
PRE-SPANISH
- Different archaeological artifacts
- Sophisticated designs of gold and silver jewelry, ceramics and
metal tools.
- Tradings with China, Indonesia, Japan and other nearby
countries – cultural and technological exchange.
SPANISH
- School for boys and girls
- formal science and technology
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- Learning is focused on different concepts related to the
human body, plants, animals, and heavenly bodies.
- Modernized living , adapting some Western technology and
their ways of life.
- Indigenous materials
- Medicine and advanced science were introduced in formal
colleges and universities.
- Galleon trade
- Trained students from other countries.
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AMERICAN
- Public education system
- Improved the engineering works and health conditions of the
people.
- UP was established
- Public hospitals
- Mineral resources were explored and exploited.
- Transportation and communication system was improved.
- Learning of science were introduced in the curriculum.
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- Researchs were done to control malaria, cholera, and
tuberculosis and other tropical diseases.
- Human resources / American scholars
- Protestant Church missions
WORLD WAR II
- Destabilization
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Internal Influences
• Survival
• Culture
• Economic
Activities
Development of S
& T in the Phil
External Influences
• Foreign
Colonizers
• Trades w/ foreign
countries
• International
Economic
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON S & T
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CLUSTER 2 : PHYSICS, ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL
RESEARCH, EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES AND
MATHEMATICS
• Emphasizing degrees, licences, and employment opportunities
• Outright grants for peer monitoring
• Review of R.A. 9184
• Harnessing science and technology as an independent mover of
development
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CLUSTER 3 : MEDICAL, CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL
SCIENCES
• Ensuring compliance of drug-manufacturing firms with ASEAN –
harmonized standards by full implementation of the Food and Drug
Administration
• Creating an education council dedicated to standardization of
pharmaceutical services and care
• Empowering food and drug agencies to conduct evidence-based
research as proof of information
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CLUSTER 3 : MEDICAL, CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL
SCIENCES, continued…
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CLUSTER 4 : BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE AND
FORESTRY
• Protecting and conserving biodiversity by full implementation of
existing laws
• Use of biosafety and standard model by ASEAN countries
• Promoting indigenous knowledge systems and indigenous
peoples’s conservation
• Formulation of common food and safety standards.
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DOST PROGRAMS
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PAASE PROGRAMS
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EDUCATION
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RESEARCH FOCUS
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10 FAMOUS FILIPINO SCIENTISTS
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4. LOURDES JANSUY CRUZ – sea snail venom
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9. MARI – JO PANGANIBAN RUIZ – graph theorist
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The University of the Philippines- Manila is a
center of excellence and has produced many
researches, doctors, health professionals, and
scientist in the area of medical and public
health.
The University of the Philippines- Diliman also
has established a national science and
engineering complex to develop more research
and produce more scientists and engineers.
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SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES