Science, Technology, and Society

During your chemistry course this year, you will study the interactions among science, technology, society, and the environment. These interactions are abbreviated as STSE. Throughout the textbook—in examples, practice problems, activities, investigations, and features—STSE interactions are discussed. The issues that appear at the end of some units are especially rich sources for considering STSE interactions. In these simulations, you are encouraged to assess and make decisions about important issues that affect society and the environment. 

Q Design a graphic organizer that clearly shows the connections among science, technology, society, and the environment. 

A. F. Pozharskii, A. T- Soldatenkov, and A.R. Katritzky, Heterocycles in life and society an introduction to heterocyclic chemistry and biochemistry and the role of heterocycles in science, technology, medicine, and agriculture, Wiley, New York (1997). 

One aspect of the FBI/DNA Advisory Board standards is a requirement for accreditation. The National Forensic Science Technology Center and the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) accredit crime laboratories. ASCLD/ LAB requirements include minimal educational credits and experience, proficiency testing twice a year per analyst, and annual audits. All testing requires a technical and an administrative review. An additional NDIS audit is required by the FBI. ludicial scrutiny provides another layer of critical review of those cases heard in court. Defense review and challenge, however, vary greatly. 

It is the mode of existence of human society that whatever is discovered/ invented in science/technology, art, and social life will sooner or later be evaluated, mastered, copied/modified/multiplied by others. History is the witness that this is the basic mechanism responsible for development. Just for illustration Emil Fischer (recipient of the 1902 Nobel Prize for chemistry), the pioneer of chemical syntheses that opened the way for the development of carbohydrate and protein chemistry, irreversibly changed the history of a branch of science. Similarly, the van Eyck brothers, who first intentionally used the oil technique, irreversibly changed the history of painting, and so on and so forth. 

Heterocycles in Life and Society. An Introduction to Heterocyclic Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Role of Heterocycles in Science, Technology, Medicine and Agriculture , Pozharskii, A. F., Soldatenkov, A. T and Katritzky, A. R., John Wiley Sons, Ltd, 1997. 

Figure 4.6 Raman spectra of (a) unetched (5x) and (b) PGaN excited at 441.6 nm. The PGaN sample generated from w lx 1017 cm 3 was etched for 45 min. Note the PGaN spectrum is ca. five times more intense than the unetched GaN. Reproduced from Todd L. Williamson et al, Journal of Vacuum Science Sc Technology B, 22, 925. Copyright (2004), with permission from AVS The Science Technology Society...

The Technology in Context (TIC) Project is one of several on-going programs for teacher professional development supported by the Mathematics and Science Education Center of St. Louis. The project involves teachers in the development of a Science/ Technology/Society (STS) curriculum based on the knowledge they gain from a summer internship experience at the McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis. 

Position statement on science-technology-society Science education for the 1980s Science Teaching A Profession Speaks> Brown, F.K. and Butts, D.P., Eds. National Science Teachers Association Washington,D.C., 1983. 

On a long-term the stronger confluence of science, technology, economy and social sciences is likely to provide a rich source of intellectual stimulus for the development of new notions of value for society. 

Another example of an instrument designed to measure students views on science-technology-society was reviewed by Osborne, Simon, and Collins (2003). The instrument was developed by Aikenhead Ryan (1992) and is often seen as offering greater validity than others. It has been adapted most recently by Beimett (2001) to determine undergraduates views of chemistry and develop profiles of students who held positive and negative views of the chemistry subject. 

De Beer, J. G., Van Wees, M. T., Worrel, E., and Block, K. 1994, "ICARUS-3, The potential of energy efficiency improvement in the Netherlands from 1990 to 2000 and 2015," Dept of Science, Technology Society, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 

Science-Technology-Society (STS) perspective scientific issues are viewed in a broader social context. We explore decision-making by students that is not only a technical issue (Aikenhead, 1985), but also requires consideration of values and social consequences. 

Bennett, Judith Hogarth, Silvya Lubben Fred (2003). A systematic review of the effects of context-based and Science-Technology-Society (STS) approaches in the teaching of secondary science Review summary. In http //www.york.ac.uk/depts/educ/ResearchPaperSeries/SciTTAla.pdf [13.3.2008]... 

Winds of Change (0888-5612). Albuquerque, NM America Indian Science and Engineering Society, http //aises.org/wocnews (accessed March 29, 2011). Career and educational information in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for native... 

History of Science Society (HSS) http //www.hssonline.org/ (accessed October 20,2010). The History of Science Society is the world s largest society dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine, and their interactions with society in historical context. Over 3,000 individual and institutional members across the world support the society s mission to foster interest in the history of science and its social and cultural relations (from Web page). 

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