Science is always perceived to be of great impact because of its links to technology and industry which, from a national point of view, may be areas with high priority for development. Countries wanting to improve their people’s quality of life cannot escape the need to harness their science and technology capability as a way of developing competitiveness. Consequently, science is included as a core element in elementary and secondary levels despite conceptual complexity and high cost of implementation. Relevance for the inclusion of science in high school curricular is that all citizens need to achieve a degree of “scientific literacy” to enable them to participate effectively as citizens in modern societies. It is, therefore, important to be guided by the philosophy of pragmatism or experientialism that in a way, the past and present practices in science education to be able to recognize the turning points for the country’s future which we need to decide now. Studies indicate however, that many of our Filipino learners are not attaining functional literacy, without which they find it too difficult to meet the challenges posed by our rapid changing world.

Technology is a very aggressive element within us. In our modern times, the teachers will always have to keep up with the millennials for us te be adaptive to their times. Little by little, aside from the lessons and facts that we need to learn and master to be able to teach effectively, we also need to try to come into their world. It is important for us to relate ourselves to them to fully understand them better in terms of their behavior in school. Also, we need to be advanced in the use of technology to further teach and find convenience on the use of appropriate instructional materials that interests them the most and that is, through the use of technology.

Reference:  http://scienceeducationinthephilippines.blogspot.com/

By: Jeddah P. Valencia | St. Catherine of Siena Academy