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Scienceeducationinthephilippines 171126031900
Scienceeducationinthephilippines 171126031900
Scienceeducationinthephilippines 171126031900
EDUCATION IN
PHILIPPINE
SOCIETY
SITTIE AINA S. PAGADOR
Early Major Projects and
Activities
EARLY EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
SCIENCE EDUCATION
•As early as decade of the 1950s, scientist were
concerned with the state of science education in the
schools. Leading scientist made Philippine
authorities aware that the teaching of science from
grade school level to college levels in both public
and private schools was very inadequate.
Philippine Association for the Advance of Science – annual
conference which it focuses on the training of science
teachers and teaching of science.
- It also called the importance of the growth of science
consciousness in the general population and the need to
remedy the shortage of scientist in the country.