INDIGENEOUS
SCIENCEAND
TECHNOLOGYIN THE
PHILIPPINES
DAILY LIFE EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG
CHILDREN AS THE GROW UP
FIRST TEACHERS AND THEIR METHODS OF
TEACHING ARE VERY EFFECTIVE IN
TRANSMITTING CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE IN
THEIR MINDS
The essence of technology
 Modern humans are reliant on technology
in their search for the good life.
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
 GOOD VALUES AND LIFE STORIES OF
PEOPLE ON THEIR DAILY STRUGGLES
 STORIES , POEMS AND SONGS
 PREDICTING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
SEASONS USING KNOWLEDGE IN
OBSERVING ANIMALS
 USING HERBAL MEDICINES
 PRESERVING FOODS
 CLASSIFYING PLANTS AND ANIMALS
ACCDG. FAMILIES AND GROUPS
 PRESERVING AND SELECTING GOOD
SEEDS FOR PLANTING
 BUILDING LOCAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM
 PRODUCING WINE AND JUICES
 KEEPING THE CUSTOM OF GROWING
PLANTS AND VEGETABLES IN THE YARD
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3.
USES AS SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS
GUIDED BY COMMUNITY CULTURE AND
VALUES
COMPOSED OF TRADITIONAL
KNOWLEDGE
PROCESS SKILLS
 OBSERVING
 COMPARING
 CLASSIFYING
 MEASURING
 PROBLEM SOLVING
 INFERRING
 COMMUNICATING
 PREDICTING
 THE LAND IS A SOURCE OF LIFE .IT IS
PRECIOUS GIFT FROM THE CREATOR
 THE EARTH IS REVERED AS MOTHER EARTH
 ALL LIVING AND NON LIVING THINGS ARE
INTERCONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER
 HUMAN BEINGS ARE STEWARDS OR
TRUSTEE OF THE LANDAND OTHER NATURAL
RESOURCES
 NATURE IS A FRIEND TO HUMAN BEINGS – IT
NEEDS RESPECT AND PROPER CARE
 GAVE BIRTH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 WHAT IS THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS
KNOWLEDGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
INDIGENEOUS SCIENCE?
 HOW DO SOCIETY AND CULTURE
INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ?
STS AND THE HUMAN
CONDITION
 Eudaimonia literally “ good spirited”
Aristotle
 Pinnacle of human happiness
 Human flourishing- friendship, wealth and
power
the western civilization tends to be more
focused on the individual while those in
eastern part are more community –centric
 Global perspective and as man of the
world
To grow well and be successful
SCIENCE AS METHOD AND RESULTS
2. VERIFICATION THEORY
Alternative hypothesis being accepted
3. Science as social Endeavor
4. Science and Results
5. Science as Education
How much is too much ?
The human condition before
common Era
Homo erectus using fire to cook, the stone
Age
Homo sapiens humans began to sharpen
stones as one would a knife simple machine
called wedge
The human condition in the
common Era
 Growing population
 Formation of communities
 More people to feed
 Began to hunt , farm and produce things
with prospect of profit
 Products of every kind were exchanged ,
necessary ones such as crops , cattle
poultry, other kinds of clothing and
materials
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Mortality Rate
Average life spAN
Literacy rate
Gross Domestic Product (GDP ).