SCIENCE,

TECHNOLOGY &
SOCIETY
Identify the importance of studying science,
technology, and society;

Explain how science and technology relates to a

problem of societal concern; and

Develop a deeper interest in the field of science,

technology and society.

Define and analyze the process of Scientific Method,

Scientific Processes, and Scientific Traits and
Values.
Science came from the Latin word “scientia”
which means “knowledge”.

It is an organized and systematized body of

knowledge based on facts.
• Science as an idea
• Science as an intellectual activity
• Science as a body of knowledge
• Science as a personal and social activity
It includes ideas, theories, and
all available systematic
explanations and observations
about the natural and physical
world.
• It encompasses a systematic and practical study
of the natural and physical world.

• This process of study involves systematic

observation and experimentation.
• It is a subject or a discipline, a field of study, or a body of
knowledge that deals with the process of learning about
the natural and physical world.
• Based on facts or truths observations.
• A set of logical and empirical methods which provide for
the systematic observation of empirical phenomena.
• This is what we refer to as school science.
• This explains that science is both knowledge and
activities done by human beings to develop better
understanding of the world around them.
• This explains that science is both knowledge and
activities done by human beings to develop better
understanding of the world around them.
The limitation of the human senses and the limitation
of the human mind.
We cannot investigate what our senses cannot
perceive, and we cannot explain beyond what our
human mind can understand.
Technology came from the Greek word “techne”
which means “art” and “technologia” literally
means systematic treatment.

Applied Science
1.Scribner-Bantan English Dictionary (1979) –
technology is defined as
(1) science of industrial arts and manufacture;
(2) applied science;
(3) all the means employed by a social group for material
comforts.
2. Posadas (1982) – defined technology as the system of know-
how, skills, techniques and processes which enable societies to
produce, distribute, install, maintain or improve goods and
services need to satisfy human needs.
3. Bridgstock (1998) – technology as a body of skills and
knowledge by which we control and modify the world.
It is an aggregate of people living together in a
more or less ordered community.

It is a community of people living in a particular

country or region and having shared customs,
laws, and organizations.
Science-Technology-Society (STS)
education addresses the need for
a more scientifically and
technologically literate citizenry in
such a way that will enable our
future citizens to make informed
and responsible decision which will
not only affect their own lives but
the sustainability of the planet
Earth as we know it.
1. A field of endeavor upon which a two-way
interaction operates between science and
technology.
2. Interdependent and overlapping methods
which employ both existing knowledge and
existing know-how.
3. A system of know-how, skills, techniques
and processes which enable society to
produce, distribute, install, maintain or
improve goods and services needed to
satisfy human needs.
4. Is an interdisciplinary field of study that
seeks to explore and understand the many
ways that modern science and technology
shape modern culture, values and
institutions, and how modern values shape
science and technology.
1. To improve quality of human condition.
2. To provide solution to our practical
problems.
3. To establish relevant institutional linkages
and essential mechanisms
4. To develop individual knowledge.
5. To find order in the chaos of nature and
deliver personal and social liberation
6. To give an information and explanation of
the natural world
7. To develop new areas of knowledge
8. To combat irrationality.
9. To maintain the availability of natural
resources
1. Epistemological concerns. It cannot help us
with questions about God, the ultimate
Good, and Truth. It cannot deny nor
confirm the existence of God, soul, heaven
and other uncertainties.
2. Metaphysicalconcerns. Immaterial and
transcendental nature is beyond the grasp
of scientific inquiry. It cannot speak to
issues of ultimate origin, meaning, or
morality.
3. Axiological concerns. It cannot answer
questions about value.
4. Dependent on the values and personal
beliefs of those who use it.
5. Use of natural resources that are being
used in science and technology are limited
6. Data is limited to the physically observable.
7. Ultimately rest on past observations
8. Not all of its principles are applicable to
different world phenomena.
9. Needs human intervention to carry out its
functions properly
10.It can predict forces of nature but it cannot
prevent the prevalence/occurrence
11.Cannot guarantee an ultimate solution to
any specific problem.
12.Cannot fully explain what is in the mind of a
person.