Name: DUNGCA, JULIE MAE O.

BS ACCOUNTANCY 1B

Activity on Topic 3: Science and Technology and Nation Building

Application

Back Through Time

A. This activity is meant for you to revisit our country’s rich historical background on its journey to
scientific and technological progress. Choose one period to elaborate the development of S&T in each
period and its contributions and implications to the present society. Complete the table below.

a. Early Filipino/ Pre – colonial period

b. Spanish Colonization
c. American Regime
d. Japanese Colonization
e. Post – colonial period

Period State of S&T during Contribution of the Science culture Implications of

the period period in the and practices/ S&T and science
development of Society’s norms culture of
S&T during the period each period to the
present

Science and technology The Philippines The science culture The implications of
American Regime in the Philippines Commission and practices during Science and
advanced rapidly introduced science the period was about Technology of
during the American subjects and industrial education and American Regime for
regime. This was and vocational inculcating knowledge the present is very
made possible by the education regarding, medicine, visible, because of
simultaneous into the Philippines engineering and them we have been
government school system. During agriculture. The able to took grasp in
encouragement and the regime they Americans established science, and make our
support for an establish extensive schools and offer advancement with the
extensive public public school system science courses, and knowledge we have
education system the and public health teach the Filipinos gained to them
granting of programs. The regarding agriculture before. The American
scholarships for higher Americans also and engineering. regime is also the
education in science trained Filipinos to starting point for us
and engineering the become a competent Filipinos to take part
organization of science engineer and taught in education.
research agencies and various knowledge
establishment of regarding machineries
science-based public and agriculture.
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Note: Please read the article below for additional information

A History of Science and Technology in the Philippines by Olivia C. Caoili

Link: https://tuxdoc.com/download/history-of-science-and-technology-in-thephilippines_pdf#download-require

1. List some policies/programs of the government that steers the nation’s Science and Technology forward.
Describe these policies briefly, and give their Pros, as well as their Cons. Support your claims by citing
examples of their positive/negative impact to our nation’s development.

Policy/ Program Pros (with Positive Impacts) Cons (with Negative Impacts)

1. Republic Act No. 9211 Enacting the law, the

(otherwise known as Tobacco
Regulation Act of 2003)
A law enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives which aims to
regulate smoking in public places,
tobacco advertising, promotion, and
sponsorship, amd and sales restrictions.
2. Republic Act No 7459
(Philippines Inventors and Inventions
Incentives Act)
An act providing incentives to Filipino
inventors and establishing Inventions
development assistance fund.
3. R. A 8493
Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers,
Researchers and other Science and
Technology Personnel in the
Government Act.
4. R. A 2067
An act to integrate coordinate and
intensify scientific and technological
research and development and foster
invention to provide funds.
5. R. A 1061
An act promoting the agricultural and
fisheries mechanization development
in the country.
It protects the citizens from circulation of the cigarette
hazards of tobacco and promotes a industry will be affected due to
healthy environment. the sales restriction. An increase
in tax and prices of this product
can result in low demand in the
market which leads to the
deflation of the economy.
Inventors will be motivated in With the incentive that investors
developing their creation/works as may receive after developing their
they probe problems. It also helps invention more people will be
the inventors appreciate their encouraged to invent, Thus,
Inventions. massive funding is necessary to
this policy which may lead to
financial insufficiency of the
country.
Recognizes the role of Science Since the program require big
and Technology in the Philippines funds for the implementation
by providing support to Filipino other major issues of the
workers to grow, and provide country like poverty will not be
strength in the development of the able to resolve.
Philippines.
It recognizes the significance of People will keep relying on these
Science and Technology to the invention. And also with these
prosperity of the nation. It helps the invention it may also result to a lot
citizens to make advanced of people to lose their job because
technology through extensive of technologies.
research.
Improves the lives of the Filipino Many farmers and fisherman can’t
farmer and fisher folk. The afford agricultural technologies
modernization of agricultural since it is expensive.
through mechanization is seen as
mechanism to improve the efficacy
of production and to promote
technologies to enhancing income
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