Prepared by: Eliezah Flor F.

Belmes
 Introduction
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 Filipinos, especially during the early times tried to
invent tools that will help them in their everyday
life.
 They also developed alternative ideas to explain
various phenomena and in explaining the world
around them
 This system of knowledge is called indigenous
knowledge, which is the foundation of indigenous
science
Indigenous Knowledge
Sytem
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 Indigenous Knowledge System
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 Embedded in the daily life experiences of young
children as they grow up

 They live and grow in a society where the members

of the community practices indigenous knowledge

 Their parents and other folks serve as their first

teachers
 Indigenous Knowledge System
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 The lessons is interwoven with their culture and
their environment
 Good values
 Life stories of people on their life struggles

 Their views about nature and their reflections on

their experiences is evident in their stories, poems,
and songs
Examples of Indigenous Knowledge
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 Predicting weather conditions and seasons using
knowledge in observing animals’ behavior and
celestial bodies
 Using herbal medicine
 Preserving foods
 classifying plants and animals into families and
groups based on cultural properties
 Preserving and selecting good seeds for planting
Examples of Indigenous Knowledge
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 Using indigenous technology in daily lives
 Building local irrigation systems
 Classifying different types of soil
 Producing wines and juices from tropical fruits
 Keeping the custom of growing plants and
vegetables in the yard
Indigenous Science
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 Indigenous Science
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 It is part of indigenous knowledge system practiced
by different groups of people and early civilization
 Includes complex arrays of knowledge, expertise,
practices, and representations that guide human
societies in their interactions with the natural milieu:
 Agriculture
 Medicine
 Naming and explaining natural phenomena
 Strategies for coping with the changing environment
 Indigenous Science
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 It also developed desirable values that are relevant
and consistent to scientific attitudes namely:
 Motivating attitudes
 Cooperating attitudes
 Practical attitudes
 Reflective attitudes
 These can be good foundation for learning and in
doing science
Indigenous Science
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Indigenous Science

uses guided by composed of

Science Process Community Culture Traditional

Skills and Values Knowledge
 Indigenous Science
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 Indigenous science uses science process skills such as
observing, comparing, classifying, measuring,
problem solving, inferring, communicating, and
predicting
 Indigenous Science
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 Guided by culture and community values such as:
 The land is a source of life. It is a precious gift from the
creator
 The Earth is referred as “Mother Earth”. It is the origin
of their identity as people
 All living things are interconnected and
interdependent with each other
 Humans are stewards of the land. They have the
responsibility to preserve it
 Nature is a friend to human beings- it needs respect
and proper care
 Indigenous Science
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 Indigenous science is composed of traditional
knowledge practiced and valued by people and
communities such as ethno-biology, ethno-medicine,
indigenous farming methods, and folk astronomy
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Indigenous science is important in the
development of science and technology in the
Philippines. It gave birth to the development of science
and technology as a field and as a discipline
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Reference:
Alata, E. et.al.(2018). Science, Technology, and Society.