GE-7-Science and technology society.pptx

science and technology ppt

1. Introduction to Science, Technology and Society Learning Objectives 1. Define Science, Technology and Society 2. Discuss the interactions between S & T and society through out history. 3. Discuss how scientific and technological developments affect society and the environment. 4. Describe some notable developments of science and technology and its significance to society. 5. Describe some disadvantages of science and technology.

2. Is the study of STS Important? 1. To understand how science, technology and social, cultural and material elements influence the formation of new practice, new ways of understanding and new institutions important in understanding contemporar post modern society. 2. New technology and knowledge is fundamental to gauge and imagine the direction and what is the possible future. 3. The interaction between science and technology with society is a very important field of inquiry which not only leads to understand not only their relevance but also their limitation and the problem they create.

3. What is Science? - Science –derived from a latin word “Scientia” which means knowledge. - The knowledge gained through observations and experimentations. Any systematic knowledge or practice. A system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method. -organized body of knowledge gained through research. - is the human attempt to understand the natural world, with or without concern for practical uses of that knowledge. Tries to discover facts and relationships and then tries to create theories that make sense of these facts and relationships involves a pursuit of knowledge covering general truths or the operations of fundamental laws. Leads to formation of concepts, methods, principles, theories, laws and procedures which seek to describe and explain nature and its phenomena

4. What is Technology? -The word technology came from two Greek words “ techne ”, which means skill, craftmanship, art and “ logos ” which means discourse, reason. -Are things that are created by human that can make our lives easier or solve problems. -is the collection of techniques, skills ,methods and processes in the production of goods or services on the accomplishment of objectives such scientific investigation. -the way the human attempt to change the world by creating products that can help people. -as a human activity, technology is on the same level as art, politics, economics and the like. -Products-of imagination, of thought processes, redesigning purpose-to have quality of life. -Examples of Technology: smartphone, laptop,computer,electrical appliances,machineries, medicines, airplane.

5. What is Society? -The sum total of our interactions as humans, including the interactions that we engage in to figure things out and to make things. -A group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same geographical or scoial territory,typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. -It is often understood as a tangible entity. -It is a mental construct which we realize in everyday life but cannot see it. -According to Maclver, society is a system of usage and procedures of authority and a mutual aid of many grouping and division of controls of human behavior and of liberties. It is the web of social relationship. -Society exist only where social beings behave towards one another in ways determined by their recognition of one another.

6. Relationship Between Science , Technology and Society Science explores for the purpose of knowing. Technology explores for the purpose of making something useful from that knowledge. Science is understanding of how the world functions alters how we behave. Technology alters how we can behave. Engineers focus on using science to develop products. For Science,Technology and Society: Society drives technological innovations and scientific inquiry. Science gives us insight into what kind of technologies we could potentiaally create and how to create them. Technology allows and drives us to conduct further scientific research.

7. Meaning of STS? Science, Technology, and Society- is the study of how science and technology influences society. These influences can be positive and negative. Through this field, society is analyed on its reaction and incorporation of science and technology. STS is an exciting interdisciplinary field of study rooted in history, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology of science and technology (and medicine). It examines deep cultural roots of our techno-scientific society and addresses pressing public policy issues. Science and technology studies or science,technology and society studies (STS) is the study of how society, politics and culture affect scientific research and technological innovation and how these, in turn, affect society, politics and culture. STS makes the assumption that science and technology are essentially intertwined and that they are each profoundly social and political

8. Role of Science and Technology 1. Alter the way people live, connect, communicate and transact ,with profound effects on economic development. 2. Key drivers to development because technological and scientific revolutions underpin economic advances, improvements in health systems, education and infrastructures. 3. The technological revolutions of the 21st century are emerging from entirely new sectors, based on microprocessors, telecommunicatios,biotechnology and nanotechnology. 4. Products are transforming business practices across the economy as well as the lives of all who have access to their effects. The most remarkable breakthrough will come from the interaction of insights and applications arising when these technologies converge. 5. Have the power to better the lives of poor people in developing countries. 6. Differentiators between countries that are able to tackle poverty effectively by growing and developing their economies and those that are not. 7. Engine growth 8. Interventions for cognitive enhancement, proton cancer therapy andgenetic engineering among others.

9. Some Notable Human Successes in the field of Science and Technology The wheel-came during 3500 B.C The compass-sometimes between 9 th and 11 th century The printing press-Johannes Gutenberg,a german who invented it around 1440. The internal combustion engine The telephone-Alexander graham Bell-the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone in 1876 Penicillin-In 1928, the Scottish Scientist Alexander Fleming invented this antibiotic The internet-In 1960’s, a team of computer scientists working for the U.S defense Department’s ARPA built a communication network to connect the computers in the agency called ARPANET

10. Eco-Friendly Technologies/ Advantages Solar Energy-use of solar panels to provide electricity Geothermal Energy Wind power- wind mills as source of energy

11. Disadvantages and Ethical dilemmas of science and technology Threats to human survival-the invention of nuclear weapons in 1945,like the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima that caused death of many people. Ethical dilemmas-exploitation of advanced scientific knowledge and technological devices and systems gave rise to situations in which advances seem to have turned against their beneficiaries, creating ethical dilemmas. Disparities in human well-being-there are advanced countries enjoying science and technology based successes and hold high esteem in contemporary society, versus millions of people in less developed countries who have not partaken in these benefits.

12. Social and c ultural conflicts-military power is vital for national security of many governments; superior and highly technical weapons dictated the outcomes of some recent wars. Innovating technologies can have negative consequences for certain sectors or constituents: *include pollution associated with production process *increased unemployment from labor –saving new technologies *conversion of agricultural land into urban areas *effect on humans psychologically and emotionally-the usage and addiction of new gadgets *effect of overused technologies in medical industry that can cause fatal births and diseases *global warming

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