Teaching and Learning about Science and Society

✍ Scribed by John Ziman

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 198
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

'Science, Technology, and Society' - STS - has become a major educational theme. There are many courses in schools, universities and other institutions, dealing with all sorts of topics such as the history of science, energy policy, industrial innovation, technology assessment, Third World development, scientific method, and so on. But what is this subject really about? Why should it be taught? Who should study it? What should they learn? How should the subject be approached? Who should teach it? These questions are being asked by both teachers and students in many fields of science, engineering, medicine, social studies, and the humanities. This informal account of the rationale of STS education shows how many diverse factors are involved - the philosophy and sociology of science and education, social and cultural objectives, political ideologies, vocational needs, scholarly standards, institutional capabilities, etc., not to mention the practical realities of teaching and learning at all levels.

✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter pp i-vi
Contents pp vii-x
Introduction pp 1-4
1 - Science education – for whom? pp 5-17
2 - The hard core of science pp 18-31
3 - Scientism and its manifestations pp 32-53
4 - The social model of academic science pp 54-67
5 - The R & D system pp 68-88
6 - Controversial STS issues pp 89-107
7 - Approaches to STS education pp 108-134
8 - Enlarging science education pp 135-160
9 - Getting STS education established pp 161-178
Index pp 179-181

✦ Subjects

science education, science technology society, science teaching, history of science, philosophy of science