Author : Joan Solomon
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 34,80 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN :
This text describes an area which has increasingly generated classroom materials, and educational polemic, without any proper discussion of its rationale or aims. Different approaches to the teaching and implementation of STS are used to explore different facets of its nature.
Author : Joan Solomon
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 18,82 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335099528
Science and technology are often presented and taught as two separate essences. When this is done, students as well as teachers are forced to attempt to develop the appropriate linkages. This book is one of a series designed to help teachers develop their science and technological education in ways that are both satisfying to themselves and stimulating to their students. This book partitions into seven chapters. Chapter one, "What and why is STS?," discusses the features and importance of Science, Technology and Society (STS) in education. Chapter two, "Our youngest pupils," focuses on the social worlds of the young child and images of science which derive from these. Chapter three, "Getting going on STS in the secondary school," discusses some of the different ways in which teachers have developed an innovation which led them towards STS. Chapter four, "Teaching strategies in the secondary school," provides teaching strategies based on personal experiences. Chapter five, "The examination classes," looks at citizenship as a goal in education. Chapter six, "Games, simulation, and role-play," presents an assortment of evidence concerning simulations. Chapter seven, "Group discussion of issues-the DISS project," provides insights on the subject of group discussion of science-based social issues in the classroom. (ZWH)
Author : Robert E. Yager
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,79 MB
Release : 1996-01-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 143842454X
Science/Technology/Society (S/T/S) is a reform effort to broaden science as a discipline in schools and colleges; to relate science to other facets of the curriculum; and to relate science specifically to technology and to the society that supports and produces new conceptualizations of both. S/T/S is also defined as the teaching and learning of science/technology in the context of human experience. It focuses on a method of teaching that recognizes the importance that experience in the real world has on the learning process. And it recognizes that real learning can occur only when the learner is engaged and able to construct her or his own meaning. Science/Technology/Society as Reform in Science Education, is rich with examples of such teaching and learning. It includes impressive research evidence that illustrates that progress has been made and goals have been met. For teachers and administrators alike, this book provides and validates new visions for science education.
Author : Dana L. Zeidler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2007-04-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 140204996X
This is the first book to address moral reasoning and socioscientific discourse. It provides a theoretical framework to reconsider what a "functional view" of scientific literacy entails, by examining how nature of science issues, classroom discourse issues, cultural issues, and science-technology-society-environment case-based issues contribute to habits of mind about socioscientific content. The text covers philosophical, psychological and pedagogical considerations underpinning moral reasoning, as well as the status of socioscientific issues in science education.
Author : William F. McComas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9462094977
The Language of Science Education: An Expanded Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts in Science Teaching and Learning is written expressly for science education professionals and students of science education to provide the foundation for a shared vocabulary of the field of science teaching and learning. Science education is a part of education studies but has developed a unique vocabulary that is occasionally at odds with the ways some terms are commonly used both in the field of education and in general conversation. Therefore, understanding the specific way that terms are used within science education is vital for those who wish to understand the existing literature or make contributions to it. The Language of Science Education provides definitions for 100 unique terms, but when considering the related terms that are also defined as they relate to the targeted words, almost 150 words are represented in the book. For instance, “laboratory instruction” is accompanied by definitions for openness, wet lab, dry lab, virtual lab and cookbook lab. Each key term is defined both with a short entry designed to provide immediate access following by a more extensive discussion, with extensive references and examples where appropriate. Experienced readers will recognize the majority of terms included, but the developing discipline of science education demands the consideration of new words. For example, the term blended science is offered as a better descriptor for interdisciplinary science and make a distinction between project-based and problem-based instruction. Even a definition for science education is included. The Language of Science Education is designed as a reference book but many readers may find it useful and enlightening to read it as if it were a series of very short stories.
Author : Dennis W. Cheek
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 31,26 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780791409398
This book defines STS--science, technology, and society--education and discusses current thinking about its conceptual evolution. It synthesizes a broad range of research and thought in the history and philosophy of science and technology, STS studies, and education as they are informed by the the dual perspectives of cognitive and social psychology. A model for STS curriculum development in science, social studies, or technology education is presented with well-chosen examples. The book includes an extensive and invaluable bibliography that will enable students, teachers, and researchers to explore the richness of this emerging field.
Author : Martin Bridgstock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 16,89 MB
Release : 1998-03-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521587358
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the human, social and economic aspects of science and technology. It is broad, interdisciplinary and international, with a focus on Australia. The authors present complex issues in an accessible and engaging form. Invaluable for both students and teachers.
Author : David D. Kumar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,69 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 940113992X
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).
Author : Stephen H. Cutcliffe
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 19,90 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0791491129
Visions of STS brings together the views of ten leading scholars to clarify the nature of Science, Technology, and Society Studies and point toward future developments. The interdisciplinary field of STS maps out the interconnected relationships among science, technology, and society in order to better understand both the innumerable benefits as well as problematic challenges. This book, rather than presenting science and technology as autonomous entities, analyzes each contextually as societal-mediated processes that reflect cultural, political, and economic values. It contains four basic programmatic essays that deal with technological determinism, the social constructivist view, STS and policy information, and the issue of interdisciplinarity. Visions of STS also stresses more specialized perspectives of work, education, and public policy analysis, and challenges the way STS itself is pursued. Taken together, these essays offer an exciting and unusually broad overview of STS.
Author : Daniel Lee Kleiman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 23,90 MB
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1405148195
This thoughtful and engaging text challenges the widely held notion of science as somehow outside of society, and the idea that technology proceeds automatically down a singular and inevitable path. Through specific case studies involving contemporary debates, this book shows that science and technology are fundamentally part of society and are shaped by it. Draws on concepts from political sociology, organizational analysis, and contemporary social theory. Avoids dense theoretical debate. Includes case studies and concluding chapter summaries for students and scholars.
