ge5 week1

• The pre-colonial period, post-colonial period, and principalia class are terms related to history.
• Education, General Education, and Science 2nd Flr are terms related to the College of Arts and Sciences.
• Colonization, the colonial period, and nation-building are also terms related to history.
• The Philippines also contributes to the global advancement of science and technology with inventions such as the Salamander Amphibious Tricycle, SAL Lamp (Sustainable Alternative Lighting), and the Medical incubator.
• The Age of exploration, also known as the Age of discovery, saw the invention of the printing press, the microscope, the telescope, and war weapons.
• Modern times, marked by massive industrialization, saw the invention of pasteurization, petroleum refinery, the telephone, and calculator.
• During the post-war period, there was a decrease in population but an increase in the latter part of the period.
• The course/subject Science Technology and Society (GE 5) is taught by Louie Resti S. Rellon.
• Historical antecedents in the course of Science and Technology include Ancient Time, Medieval/Middle Ages, Modern Times, and Philippine Inventions.
• The Spanish government also developed health and education systems that were enjoyed by the principalia class.
• The construction of extensive infrastructures such as walls, roads, bridges is used by engineering skills and tools brought by the Spaniards.
• The progress in science and technology continued even after the dictatorial rule, and the presidents after him left their legacies.
• The works of science and technology greatly influenced the development of nation-building in the country.
• The Philippines under different leaderships or administrations pursue programs in science and technology during the post-colonial period.
• Ferdinand Marcos amended the 1973 Philippine Constitution, Article XV, Section 9 (1), he declared that the "advancement of science and technology should have priority in the national development.
• American Colonization (1898 - 1946) – American occupation modernized almost all aspects of life in the Philippines.
• Many agencies in science and technology were established and strengthened during the Marcos era.
• Ancient Time in the course of Science and Technology saw the development of transportation and navigation, communication, weapons and armor, early people, and civilization.
• Sumerian Civilization, located on the southernmost tip of ancient Mesopotamia (now Southern Iraq), is known for their high degree of cooperation with one another and their desire for great things.
• The historical antecedents show improvements in people's lives as an effect of technological progress.
• The first three weeks of a course can be identified by the unit learning outcomes, which are essential knowledge that will lay down in the succeeding pages.
• Due to its possible destruction to the environment, there must be limitations in such developments and might lead to scarcity of natural resources.
• The desire to raise the quality of life of the people is the driving force to set continuous progress in the application of science and technology.
• Studying and learning the historical antecedents in the course of science and technology, especially in the present time, is relevant to appreciate and to be able to get ideas on how it changed and improved people's life.
• The developments in this field are not just products of people's imagination or a one-time thought process but also brought from gradual improvements to earlier works from different periods or eras.
• The Geocentric model is a planetary model that shows the Earth as the center of the solar system.
• Civilization is an advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.
• The Intellectual Revolutions refer to the period when society transformed from their perceptions and beliefs by science and technology.
• The following are the different periods which have various contributions in the life of the early people up to the present time: Ancient Time (began 3100 BC with the invention of writing & lasted 35 centuries) were concerned with transportation and navigation, communication, record-keeping, and weapons and armor.
• The Heliocentric model is a planetary model that shows the Sun as the center of the solar system.
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• The historical antecedents ushered the most development in the society in terms of infrastructures, medicines, preserving of information or transmitting information, mass productions, agriculture, and even for the protection of one another.
• The Theory of Evolution posited that the population passed through a process of natural selection in which only the fittest would survive.
• Continuous developments in science and technology cannot be denied as they contribute to a convenient experience and aim for development continuously.
• Gloria Arroyo was the President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010.
• Science and technology have brought a significant impact on the development of the country and changed the life of the society, particularly in the colonial period.
• Rodrigo Duterte is the President of the Philippines since 2016.
• Benigno Aquino Jr. was the President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016.
• Science and technology are relevant to the development of nation-building.
• The key to nation-building is the continued development and application of science and technology.