Science, Technology, and Society: Education a Sourcebook on Research and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780306461736 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 308 str.

Daryl E. Chubin; David D. Kumar; Daryl E. Chubin

Opis

David D. Kumar and Daryl E. Chubin We live in an information age. Technology abounds: information tech- nology, communication technology, learning technology. As a once popular song went, "Something's happening here, but it's just not exactly clear." The world appears to be a smaller, less remote place. We live in it, but we are not necessarily closely tied to it. We lack a satisfactory understanding of it. So we are left with a paradox: In an information age, information alone will neither inform nor improve us as citizens nor our democracy, society, or in- stitutions. No, improvement will take some effort. It is a heavy burden to be reflective, indeed analytical, and disciplined but only constructively constrained by different perspectives. The science-based technology that makes for the complexity, contro- versy, and uncertainty of life sows the seeds of understanding in Science, Technology, and Society. STS, as it is known, encompasses a hybrid area of scholarship now nearly three decades old. As D. R. Sarewitz, a former geologist now congressional staffer and an author, put it After all, the important and often controversial policy dilemmas posed by issues such as nuclear energy, toxic waste disposal, global climate change, or biotech- nology cannot be resolved by authoritative scientific knowledge; instead, they must involve a balancing of technical considerations with other criteria that are explicitly nonscientific: ethics, esthetics, equity, ideology. Trade-offs must be made in light of inevitable uncertainties (Sarewitz, 1996, p. 182).

Spis treści

Introduction; D. Devraj Kumar, D.E. Chubin. 1. Real Science Education: Replacing `PCB' with S(cience) through-STS throughout all levels of K-12: `Materials' as one approach; R. Roy. 2. The Development of Civic Scientific Literacy in the United States; J.D. Miller. 3. STS Science in Canada: From Policy to Student Evaluation; G.S. Aikenhead. 4. Trade-Offs, Risks, and Regulations in Science and Technology: Implications for STS Education; J.C. DeFalco. 5. Thoughts About the Evaluation of STS: More Questions than Answers; J.W. Altschuld, D. Devraj Kumar. 6. Science, Technology, Society, and the Environment: Scientific Literacy for the Future; K.B. deBettencourt. 7. Marginalization of Technology within STS Education in K-12 Schools in America; D.W. Cheek. 8. Student Understanding of Global Warming: Implications for STS Education Beyond 2000; J.A. Rye, P.A. Rubba. 9. STS Education for knowledge professionals; J.S. Hauger. 10. Reculturing Science: Politics, Policy, and Promises to Keep; D.E. Chubin. 11. Trends and Opportunities in Science and Technology Studies: A View from the National Science Foundation; E.J. Hacket.