The document discusses how science and technology has progressed in the Philippines from the early inhabitants until now. It outlines how different groups like the Aetas, Spaniards, Americans, and various administrations have impacted the advancement of science and technology in the country and how it relates to nation-building.
The document discusses how science and technology has progressed in the Philippines from the early inhabitants until now. It outlines how different groups like the Aetas, Spaniards, Americans, and various administrations have impacted the advancement of science and technology in the country and how it relates to nation-building.
The document discusses how science and technology has progressed in the Philippines from the early inhabitants until now. It outlines how different groups like the Aetas, Spaniards, Americans, and various administrations have impacted the advancement of science and technology in the country and how it relates to nation-building.
The document discusses how science and technology has progressed in the Philippines from the early inhabitants until now. It outlines how different groups like the Aetas, Spaniards, Americans, and various administrations have impacted the advancement of science and technology in the country and how it relates to nation-building.
Professor, Science, Technology, and Society REFLECTION In this module, it narrows down the scientific advancement in the national stage, which is the modernizing the Philippine society with the help of science and technology as its catalyst towards the aimed advancement and progress of the country. Science is present even in the history from the first inhabitants up until this date. Our perception towards science and technology is all about machineries, technologies, etc., but it exists primarily on the minds of those who seeks improvement during those times. The first inhabitants, the Aetas and Indo-Malayan race settles in the Philippine islands, long before the Spaniards colonizes the archipelago, they embedded their culture and traditions through pottery, festivities, tool-wielding, alphabet and writing system, medicine, and weaponry that had a significant influence on our natives in the northern part of Luzon. When the Spaniards colonizes the Philippine archipelago, a huge breakthrough in terms of science and technology, but is limited to those illustrados who had power and privilege to have access to education. Socioeconomic status had a great impact in the society way back those times. In the effectivity of the Treaty of Paris, Americans gained the authority to control the archipelago and modifies the systems by establishing institutes that gave priority in funding the research and sciences. Public school systems were established that gives free education to Filipinos by deploying Thomasites to teach subjects. During the Marcos regime, the advancement of science and technology is seen as a vital component in the national development. During his time, several research institutes were established to give priority to science and technology. It was evident by that time the advancement, his greed and ambition to create a “new society” led the Philippines to corruption, dissents, and poverty. After the EDSA revolution, democracy was restored and the succeeding administrations after him, engaged to prioritize science and technology up until now. This module emphasizes that science and technology is essential for the growth and development of the country, but at this point of time, this idea is blur with the type of government we had right now, that is self-serving, greedy, and inconsiderate.