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SCIENCE EDUCATIONTHINK ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS: What other government projects and programs are available for science education in the Philippines? knowledge, and resources. Projects like HOTS providOther government projects and programs are mostly to ses a model of teaching more efficient intrengthen...

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SCIENCE EDUCATION THINK ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS: 1. What other government projects and programs are available for science education in the Philippines? Other government projects and programs are mostly to strengthen educators’ skills, knowledge, and resources. Projects like HOTS provides a model of teaching more efficient in teaching science and technology. Another example is examples is the mobile IT classrooms for those areas that have no or limited ICT facilities. 2. Are there private schools with outstanding science education programs? Identify and compare their science education programs with public science schools. There are many private that also have outstanding science education programs like UST. They are one of the top universities in the Philippines and offer a lot of STEM-related courses. They have 38 specializations, 30 bachelor’s degrees from those specializations, 14 master’s degrees, and 3 doctor’s degrees. ACTIVITY: 1. Discuss science-related issues and problems in the country. Some of the things I think are problems relating to science in our country are the lack of resources (an example is a lack of insufficient ICT facilities in most schools) and the ongoing pandemic. The inability to further experience science outside of textbooks greatly diminish the impact of building interest in science from our students. Seeing cells under a microscope is quite different from just looking at an image. A Vacuum chamber can show a ping pong ball and a golf ball does fall at the same speed than just remembering what is written in a book. The pandemic has made it worst in which students can no longer go outside to have field trips to visit museums or zoos to provide sensory experiences of science. 2. Identify science and technology policies that could be adapted or implemented in the Philippines. I believe policies on internet accessibility and reliability are very much needed in our country so that information is very accessible. This policy is ongoing, but I think it is incorrectly implemented or lacks strength as we have seen with the ongoing pandemic, many still lack reliable access Another one I think will help students that come from families whose earnings barely provide them meals should be given tariffs and tax exemptions for a laptop or computer purchase. Proper implementing rules and regulations can help remove abuse of the system but will greatly help students since they can get a significant amount of discount in buying a computer.

THINK ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS: 1. What is your understanding of indigenous science? My understanding of indigenous science is the science practiced by older civilizations or by indigenous people. That is the science they are applying to their daily lives like agriculture, medicine, and nature. 2. What are examples of indigenous science practices? Some examples of indigenous science practices are preserving foods, predicting the weather, being able to select good seeds for crops, creating an irrigation system, using herbal medicine, inventing, and using tools. 3. Why do some people believe in indigenous science? Some people believe in indigenous science primarily due to cultural inheritance. Since they believe that said science is working, then that means it is effective. This is mostly correct. Lagundi is an herbal medicine and right now is being commercially produced as a cough remedy. Using vinegar in foods like paksiw really does increase the shelf life of our food. 4. Do you think indigenous science should be considered as science? Yes, since most like preserving foods, forecasting weather, irrigation system are all sciences we still use today that we only improved upon. 5. What is the role of indigenous science in the development of science and technology? Indigenous science influences our current science and technology. We are actually using many of their science in our day to day living. We know that our favorite bagoong, paksiw, tuyo, and tinapa will not immediately spoil. Our rice fields use irrigation systems than we only improved upon from our ancestors. Many medicines were discovered after studying the plants being used by indigenous people. THINK ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS: 1. What is the role of indigenous knowledge in the development of indigenous science? Indigenous knowledge plays a vital role in the development of indigenous science. When this knowledge is learned at a young age, they can have it mastered when they have grown up. They can also innovate on the knowledge they have learned to improve their way of living and adapt to changing living conditions.

2. What is the role of indigenous science in the development of science and technology in the Philippines? Indigenous science is full of knowledge and practices from a wide variety of systems from foods, medicine, agriculture, infrastructure that have influenced our current science leading to where we are now. Without it, many of our applied science may have been discovered late and might not have advanced to where it is now; or would have not been discovered at all. 3. How do society and culture influence the development of science and technology? Society and culture greatly influence the development of science and technology since society needs to improve upon their needs. Their needs differ from building a dam and provide water to people miles away using irrigation, stone houses instead of wood for societies that are typhoon prone. The discovery of herbal medicines is wider in places where there is a lot of forest or vegetation. ACTIVITY 1. Identify Filipino indigenous knowledge. The very first thing that comes into my mind is preserving foods either via drying, salting, fermenting, or smoking. 2. Research on the connection of indigenous knowledge in science and technology. Ways of preserving foods have been studied by scientists to understand how it works, Once understood they can improve upon the science. Although we now have many means of preserving foods using chemicals, these chemicals mostly act similarly to the indigenous way of preserving food which prevents bacteria and mold from developing or having good bacteria dominate and kill off bad bacteria or mold. 3. Present the result of your work to the class. I find the video below relevant on the preservation of food and how it used today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qszCR-hIY48 - “This Filipino Breakfast Favorite is One of The Oldest Ways to Preserve Fish | 81 Provinces: Bataan”...