CHAPTER 4

SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY AND NATION
BUILDING
DEVELOPMENT OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY IN THE
PHILIPPINES
INTRODUCTION

• When were Science and Technology known in the Philippines?

• Did our ancestors have their own technologies?
• When did the Filipinos start learning about science?
• The science and technology history in the Philippines started way back before
the country gained its independence from its colonizers

• In history, these were the three eras of Science and Technology in the
Philippines.

• Pre Spanish, Spanish, and American Era.

 OBJECTIVES
AFTER STUDYING THIS MODULE, YOU SHOULD BE
ABLE TO:

• 1. Identify the science and technology that the early inhabitants in the
Philippines have;
• 2. Identify the contributions in Science and Technology of the Spaniards in
the Philippines;
• 3. Discover the influence of Americans in Science and Technology in the
Philippines;
• 4. Analyze what happened in Science and Technology in the Philippines after
World War II.
DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES
• The science and technology history in the Philippines started way back before
the country gained its independence from our colonizers.

• The early inhabitants had their own culture, the practice of faith, and
indigenous science and technology

• Let me show the list of science and technology that our ancestors had.
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY IN THE
PRE-SPANISH ERA
SPANISH ERA

•During the Spanish Era, Spanish colonizers pushed their culture

and practices to the early Filipino people.

•You can also notice some Filipino families, and even Filipino
dishes have Spanish sounding names.
HERE IS THE LIST OF DEVELOPMENTS OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES
DURING THE SPANISH ERA:
 AMERICAN ERA

• The Americans have more influence in the development of Science and

Technology in the Philippines compared to the Spaniards.

• Here are some of them:

AFTER WORLD WAR II

• World War II, in spite of the physical destruction, it created an opportunity

for progress in the field of Science and Technology in the Philippines.

• The newly formed government then focused limited resources for improving
Science and Technology and used the fund from the Overseas Development
Allocations (ODA), an organization of different countries vowed to the less
developed countries for scientific productivity and technological capability.

• Producing more professions in Engineering, Technology, Medicine, and

others is the main goal in terms of human resources at that time.
THANK YOU!