New concepts of science and medicine in science and technology studies and their relevance to science education
Science education often adopts a narrow view of science that assumes the lay public is ignorant, which seemingly justifies a science education limited to a promotional narrative of progress in the form of scientific knowledge void of meaningful social context. We propose that to prepare students as...
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| author | Hsiu-Yun Wang Joel F. Stocker Daiwie Fu |
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| description | Science education often adopts a narrow view of science that assumes the lay public is ignorant, which seemingly justifies a science education limited to a promotional narrative of progress in the form of scientific knowledge void of meaningful social context. We propose that to prepare students as future concerned citizens of a technoscientific society, science education should be informed by science, technology, and society (STS) perspectives. An STS-informed science education, in our view, will include the following curricular elements: science controversy education, gender issues, historical perspective, and a move away from a Eurocentric view by looking into the distinctive patterns of other regional (in this case of Taiwan, East Asian) approaches to science, technology, and medicine. This article outlines the significance of some major STS studies as a means of illustrating the ways in which STS perspectives can, if incorporated into science education, enhance our understanding of science and technology and their relationships with society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-742d481d1b824f58b85df3d7b484966d2022-12-22T02:32:12ZengWileyKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences1607-551X2012-02-01282S2S710.1016/j.kjms.2011.08.002New concepts of science and medicine in science and technology studies and their relevance to science educationHsiu-Yun Wang0Joel F. Stocker1Daiwie Fu2STM Center, Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Gender Studies, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Science, Technology and Society, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, TaiwanScience education often adopts a narrow view of science that assumes the lay public is ignorant, which seemingly justifies a science education limited to a promotional narrative of progress in the form of scientific knowledge void of meaningful social context. We propose that to prepare students as future concerned citizens of a technoscientific society, science education should be informed by science, technology, and society (STS) perspectives. An STS-informed science education, in our view, will include the following curricular elements: science controversy education, gender issues, historical perspective, and a move away from a Eurocentric view by looking into the distinctive patterns of other regional (in this case of Taiwan, East Asian) approaches to science, technology, and medicine. This article outlines the significance of some major STS studies as a means of illustrating the ways in which STS perspectives can, if incorporated into science education, enhance our understanding of science and technology and their relationships with society.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X11001811East AsiaScience educationScience and technology studiesSTS |
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| title | New concepts of science and medicine in science and technology studies and their relevance to science education |
| title_full | New concepts of science and medicine in science and technology studies and their relevance to science education |
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| title_short | New concepts of science and medicine in science and technology studies and their relevance to science education |
| title_sort | new concepts of science and medicine in science and technology studies and their relevance to science education |
| topic | East Asia Science education Science and technology studies STS |
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