GEC-STS

(Science, Technology & Society)

DR. LYNNE ENRIQUEZ GRAHAM-WILBERFORCE

✓ The course deals with
interactions between ___(1)
and technology and ____(2),
cultural, ____(3), and
economic contexts that
shape and are shaped by
them.
✓ This interdisciplinary course engages
students to confront the __ (4) brought
about by science and technology in society.
Such realities pervade the personal, the
public, and the ____(5) aspects of our living
and are ____ (6) to human ____ (7)
Scientific ______(8) and ______ (9)
development happen in the context of
society with all its socio-political, _____(10)
economic, and ______(11) underpinnings
at play.
✓ This course seeks to instill ___ 12)
knowledge in the ____(13) that they
are able to live the ___ (14) life and
display ____ (15) decision making in
the face of scientific and technological
advancement.
✓ This course includes mandatory topics
on ____ (16) change and
environmental ____ (17).
GEC-STS CONTENT
I. ORIENTATION
II. GENERAL CONCEPTS AND STS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Historical background of STS
a. In the World: Ancient, Middle and Modern Ages
b. In the Philippines
2. Intellectual revolutions that defined society
a. Copernican e. Meso- American
b. Darwinian f. Asian
c. Freudian g. Middle East
d. Information h. African
3. Science and Technology and Nation Building
a. The Philippine Government S&T Agenda
b. Major development programs and personalities in S&T in the Philippines
c. Science Education in the Philippines
d. Selected indigenous science and technologies
III. STS AND THE HUMAN
CONDITION
1. Human Flourishing
2. Technology as a Way of Revealing
3. The Good Life

IV. TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITY

1. When Technology And Humanity
Cross
2. Why does the future not need us?
V. SPECIFIC ISSUES IN STS
1. Introduction
2. Biodiversity and The Healthy Society
3. Genetically Modified Organisms: Science
Health and Society
4. The Nano World
5. The Aspects of Gene Therapy
6. Climate Change and the Energy Crisis
7. Environmental Awareness
Other Topics:
Alternative Energy Resources ( e.g. O-tech Ocean
Thermal Energy Conversion)