Snapshots of a Society by Jerael Alpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p This project is in fulfillment of the requirements for application in Agham Youth - UP Diliman. en-us 2022-08-20 06:00:58 UTC 2024-09-30 16:21:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4f8.png joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266038753 Science and technology—keys toward the advancement of the human race—have long been exploited by higher powers not in the pursuit of authentic development, but only of wealth-driven self-preservation. With our future hanging in the balance, it becomes our mandate to reclaim the potential of science and technology in championing the interests of the masses and the healing of our planet. Stemming from this realization, this project then attempts to capture the crises that mold the harsh present realities of education and research in the Philippines. I believe that as we strategize and fight for a better world, a survey of the social landscape is crucial. Through a curation of images, news articles, and other resources, this project asks: How are science and technology currently framed in the context of national progress?

Hopefully, when one looks back to this project a few years later, circumstances will have changed for the better.]]> 2022-08-20 06:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266038753 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266050006 2022-08-20 06:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266050006 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266053143 2022-08-20 07:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266053143 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266055583 The Philippines scored lowest among 58 participating countries in a 2019 study that assessed the competencies of Grade 4 students in mathematics and science.]]> 2022-08-20 07:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266055583 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266056130 The 2022 presidential candidate and former Vice President Leni Robredo bared a plan to address the underfunding of research and development in the Philippines. She noted that the percentage of state budget allocation toward research is below average compared to Southeast Asian neighboring countries.

Robredo also expressed an intent to implement a more integrated STEM curriculum, in order to hone the competencies of the workforce in relevant industries such as agriculture and medicine.
]]> 2022-08-20 07:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266056130 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266064561 2022-08-20 07:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266064561 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266064719 There is an oversaturation of infrastructural projects. More than a holistic approach to urban planning, the convoluted networks of roads and bridges often only appear to be band-aid solutions to transportation woes. Feats of engineering are celebrated from one administration to another, but the basic needs and challenges faced by ordinary Filipinos remain unaddressed all the while.]]> 2022-08-20 07:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266064719 Innovation is bred by education. When systems of learning and teaching are compromised, how does a nation innovate? joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266076962 2022-08-20 08:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266076962 'Hawa' and 'resistensya': local health knowledge and the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266187410 A research conducted by Gideon Lasco and Michael Tan analyzes the implications of how the Filipino public views the local concepts of hawa and resistensya on shaping public health policies and the treatment of COVID-19 in the Philippines. It presupposes that the apprehension of people toward health and illness is largely shaped by sociocultural phenomena particular in the community.

The full paper may be accessed here.]]> 2022-08-20 15:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266187410 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266192773 2022-08-20 15:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266192773 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266194000 2022-08-20 16:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266194000 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266196057 In a vlog posted on Facebook, President Bongbong Marcos seconds the obligation of the government to develop more students adept in mathematics and science. With Vice President Sara Duterte appointed as secretary of the Department of Education, his administration has yet to formulate specific actions acknowledging and mitigating the ongoing educational crisis in the country.

On August 22, a new academic year is set to open in public schools.]]> 2022-08-20 16:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266196057 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266199798 Indeed, in the absence of a clear treatment, laypersons, politicians, and doctors alike turn to the notion of resistensya that allows people to act on a largely-unknown illness that carries unknown outcomes.]]> 2022-08-20 16:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266199798 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266210550 The quality of informing and educating the public essentially relies on the kind of examples leaders set. When those in power deem themselves above the law, a culture of impunity is set in motion... and it trickles down to the least of us.]]> 2022-08-20 17:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266210550 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266211242 Gusto ba ng farmer 'yong research? Hindi ba gusto nila tulungan n'yo sila?]]> 2022-08-20 17:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266211242 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266215093 2022-08-20 17:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266215093 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266217148 As they endlessly wait for measures for national industrialization and genuine land reform, helpless farmers are forced to sponge up the drastic repercussions brought about by climate change and economic regression. Unfortunately, the violence and negligence of the state are also forces that they still struggle to reckon with up to this day.]]> 2022-08-20 17:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266217148 Scientists and advocates of science alike are never removed from their society. Hence, our study of science and application of technology are implied as acts of social responsibility. joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266505144 Make science and technology serve the people! #SNT4P]]> 2022-08-21 12:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266505144 joalpino https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266506143 2022-08-21 12:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/joalpino/alpino_snt4p/wish/2266506143