WAVES OF TECHNOLOGY
AND KNOWLEDGE REVOLUTION
WAVE FRONT ANALYSIS
- succession of
wave of change
in History.
Waves as
characterized by
Technology.
Technology as a
driving force for
social change.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
It is the “knowledge revolution”
driven by knowledge and
technologies for processing and
communicating it takes place on the
scale of the agricultural, industrial
and information revolutions.
ACTIVITY
Worksheet 6.1
Building a Factory
Instruction: Imagine that you were a merchant
the mid-18th century, what pre-conditions
would you consider before setting up a factory
in your country?
AGRICULTURAL
REVOLUTION Historians have often labeled the first
Agricultural Revolution (which took
place around10,000 B.C.) as the period
of transition from a hunting-and-
gathering society to one based on
stationary farming.
These includes plant domestication
and farmed animals.
Plant Domestication
Mexican teosinte, a
grass that is grown as
fodder and is
considered to be one of
the parent plants of
modern corn.
Plant Domestication
Farmers also took advantage of
Jethro Tull’s Seed Drill, which
allowed them to sow seeds in well-
spaced rows at specific depths. They
also adopted new process of Crop
Rotation.
Animal Domestication
Cattle, goats, sheep and pigs
all have their origins as
farmed animals in the so-
called Fertile Crescent, a
region covering eastern
Turkey, Iraq and southwestern
Iran. This region kick-started
the Neolithic Revolution.
AGRICULTURAL
REVOLUTION
Domestication Food Security
Population growth Formation of
settlements
Waste and disease problems
AGRICULTURAL
REVOLUTION
Land is now the Elite
Basis of: (Feudal Lord)
1. Economy
2. Lifestyle
3. Politics
Peasants, Slaves, Workers
(Landless, Uneducated,
Unhealthy)
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
As food supplies increased and living conditions improved, The
population (Europe-England) boosted the demand for food and
goods such as cloth. As farmers lost their land to large
enclosed farms, many became factory workers.
Over the years, farming in Europe
had been changing. People had
invented new ways to farm that
made farming easier and more
efficient. As a result, it took fewer
workers to grow more food. During
the same time period, Europe’s
population grew. It was no longer
possible for everyone to earn a
living working on farm. So, many
people moved to cities looking for
work.
Textile Inventions
Cotton was labor
intensive: in picking
and removing seeds
In US: African
slaves
In UK: Child
labor
Textile Inventions
The Spinning Jenny is a multi-spindle
spinning frame was one of the key
developments in the industrialization of
weaving during the Industrial Revolution.
Steam Engines
The introduction of a new
source of power, the Steam
Engine, was one of the most
important factors in the
development of power-driven
machines during the Industrial
Revolution.
Steam Engines
As the demand for coal
increased, miners dug deeper
into the coal deposits.
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
The Industrial Revolution was a time in
the 18th century when many important
inventions were made. Many of these
inventions made work easier and
cheaper. As these inventions created new
manufacturing and industry, many
people also moved away from farms to
cities.
Telegraph, 1844
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
THE FACTORY = MODEL OF EFFICIENCY
Mass Production Mass Education
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
How did the Industrial revolution
change the environment?
Scale of resource use and
pollution generation
Concentration of people
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
Effects of Industrial Revolution on the
Carbon Emission and Global
Temperature
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
THE IMPERIAL DRIVE
the drive for empire, for control over distant lands.
the racist attitudes and prejudices which justified the
domination of foreign lands.
ACTIVITY
Worksheet 6.2
Revolution Graphic Organizer
Instruction: Use the word at the bottom of the
page to complete the organizer with the correct
phrases.
INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
Starting in the 1800s,
the Industrial
Revolution caused
hundreds of millions of
people to change their
way of life.
By the end of the 20th
century, Computer
Technology again
changed the world. A
new “revolution” has
engulfed much of the
planet.
INFORMATION
REVOLUTION Today, as we enter the 21st
century, the Information
Revolution is making a
difference to more and more
people. Nowadays, a nation’s
economic success and even
survival are based on the control
of ideas
Information on scientific
discoveries and technological
developments are as important
to nations in the year 2000 as
The evolution of mobile
phones during the 20th
colonial possessions were 200
century. years ago.
INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
THIRD WAVE WILL BE DRIVEN BY TWO FACTORS:
The rise of dynamic new industries based on
scientific breakthroughs:
quantum electronics, information theory,
molecular biology, oceanic, nucleonics, ecology,
and the space sciences.
Enhanced manipulative abilities via
computers:
data processing, aerospace, sophisticated
petrochemicals, semiconductors, advanced
communications, solid-state physics, systems
engineering, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic,
polymer chemistry.
INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
Personal computers
had become
widespread by the
end of the 1980s
and its ability to
connect over local
The 1983 the Apple “Lisa” and national
computer – the first personal networks.
computer (PC) before the
Macintosh.
INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
The Internet was
developed during the
1970s by the
Department of
Defense.
The Internet was also
used mainly by
scientists to
communicate with
other scientists.
The Internet remained
under government
control until 1984.
INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
The development of fiber-optic
cables allowed for billions of bits of
information to be received every
minute Companies like Intel
developed faster microprocessors,
so personal computers could
process he incoming signals at a
more rapid rate.
INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
In the early 1900s, the World
Wide Web was developed, for
commercial purposes.
INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
New forms of communication were introduced.
Electronic Mail or E-mail, was a convenient
way to send a message to associates and
friends.
INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
“Prosumers”
(producers are consumers and vice versa)
Do it yourselfers
INFORMATION
REVOLUTION
SUMMING UP…
Technology
Major force of social change
Change in personal attitudes and beliefs
Change in relationships
Change in social structures
Society
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ACTIVITY
Worksheet 6.3
TIME TO PONDER
Instruction: Fill-out your answer as instructed by
the following questions.
1. At what stage is the Philippines in terms of waves of technology?
2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Philippine Science and
Technology research and development?
3. If you were to draw up 3 top research priorities for the country, what do you
think they should be, and why?
