Module 1 Lesson 1.

Introduction to Science, Technology, and society

Intended Learning Outcomes

- Explain general concepts related to science and technology

- Demonstrate preparedness and readiness in the study of sets
- Explain the scope of the study of science, technology, and society/sets

Science defined

- Comes from the Latin word ‘Scientia’ meaning ‘knowledge’

- Refers to a systematic and methodical activity of building and organizing knowledge about how
the universe behaves through either observation or experimentation or both
- How about Wolpert? How did he define science?
- According to the famous American science historian john Heilbronn (2003, p. vii), “modern
science is a discovery as well as an invention.”

Technology defined

- The application of scientific knowledge, laws, and principles to produce services, materials,
tools, and machines aimed at solving real-world problems
- Comes from the Greek root word, techne, meaning ‘art, skill, or cunning of hand’
- How did Wolpert define technology?
- Mark Zuckerberg’s definition of technology “what defines a technological tool – one historical
definition – is something that takes a human’s sense or ability and augments it and makes it
more powerful. So, for example, I wear contact lenses or glasses; that is a technology that
enhances my human ability of vision and makes it better.”

Challenges and downsides of sit

- We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly
arranged things so that almost no one understands science technology. That’s a clear
prescription for disaster.” – popular American scientist carl saga quoted in tom head’s book

Science, technology, and society defined

- Traces its roots during the interwar period and into the start of the cold war
- Resulted from a recognition that many schools today do not really repare students to respond
critically, reflectively, and proactively to the challenges of the contemporary world, in this case
sit
- A result of questions about its dynamic interaction with various aspects of society and was thus
viewed as a socially embedded enterprise
- Seeks to bridge the gape between two rationally exclusive cultures of humanities (interpretive)
and natural sciences (rational)

Lewis Wolpert’s (2005) the med war lecture 1998 is science dangerous?
 - In contrast to technology, reliable scientific knowledge is value-free and has no moral or ethical
value.
- Danger _ science = technology CONFLATION
- Eugenics

Socially responsible science is more than good science (bird,2014)

- Accurate and reliable research

- Oppose misuse or abuse in the application of research findings
- Attend to both the limitations and the foreseeable impacts of their work
- Participate in discussions and decisions regarding the appropriate use of science in addressing
societal issues and concerns
- Bring their specialized knowledge and expertise to activities and discussions that promote the
education of students and fellow citizens
- Enhance and facilitate informed decision making and democracy

2020’s ten emerging ethical dilemmas and policy issues in sat

- The pseudoscience of skincare

- Ai and gamification in hiring
- Predatory journals
- The HARPA SAFEHOME proposal
- Class dojo and classroom surveillance
- Grinch bots
- Project nightingale
- Student tracking software
- The corruption of tech ethics
- Deep fakes