Science Education in the Philippines

Study Notes

Science education involves teaching, learning, and understanding science. Effective teaching involves pedagogical theories and models. Learning science includes both pedagogy and helping students understand and appreciate science.
Understanding science includes developing and applying science process skills, and using science literacy in understanding the natural world.
Importance of utilizing the natural environment to teach students about science, stressing the importance of nature for providing meaningful experiences in learning science.
Science education is important for preparing citizens in a technologically driven world.
Science education provides essential skills and knowledge for living in the scientific age.
Developing a science culture is a responsibility of schools.

Basic education focuses on teaching important science concepts and skills, including process skills, critical thinking, and life skills, for coping with daily life.
Science education develops positive attitudes, such as a love for knowledge, curiosity to learn about nature, and creativity.
Tertiary education develops understanding and appreciation of science ideas and scientific works.
Several science schools that promote science education, including ones supported by the government, are established in various parts of the Philippines.

The SSES Project aims to equip Filipino children with scientific and technological knowledge, skills, and values.
The project provides a special curriculum and learning environment to support science-inclined children.
The curriculum promotes the development of lifelong skills in learning science.
Science and Health is taught extensively in Grade 1.
The curriculum uses different instructional approaches to cater to different learning styles, for example investigatory projects

Established in 1967, originally named Quezon City Science High School, it became a regional science high school in 1999.
The school focuses on science and technology.
The school teaches basic education courses alongside additional science and technology subjects, encouraging inquiry and creativity among students.
The school is supported by the local government and the Parents and Teachers Association

The first science high school in the Philippines, established in 1963.
MSHS emphasizes science and mathematics in its curriculum; humanities courses and electives are also included.
Aims to produce scientists.
The school uses the science aptitude test for admissions.

DLP (Dynamic Learning Program), an innovation in pedagogical theories for creativity, learning, and productivity.
Has a Research Center for Theoretical Physics (RCTP), which organizes international workshops in physics and mathematics.

Indigenous knowledge reflects the daily experiences of past generations, involving tools and techniques, strategies, and practices concerning agriculture, medicine, naming and explaining natural phenomena.
Indigenous science, based on daily life experiences; reflects community values and knowledge systems.
Examples include predicting weather, herbal medicine, preserving food, and classifying plants and animals.