INTRO TO SCIENCE,

TECHNOLOGY AND
SOCIETY
 TARGET COMPETENCIES

• describe the nature of science

• distinguish science and technology
• discuss the interactions between Science, Technology and Society throughout history
DEFINITIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEFINITIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEFINITIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE VS. TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE VS. TECHNOLOGY
NATURE OF SCIENCE

• Science as an idea. • Science as a body of knowledge.

- It includes ideas, theories, laws and all - It is a subject or a discipline that deals with
available systematic explanations and
the process of learning about the natural and
observations about the natural and physical
physical world.
world

• Science as an intellectual activity. • Science as a personal and social activity.

- It encompasses a systematic and practical - This explains that scientific knowledge and
study of the natural and physical world. This activities are interwoven with people’s lives to
process of study involves systematic develop better understanding of the world they live
observation and experimentation. in and around them; to raise the quality of life.
DEFINITION AND NATURE OF SCIENCE

• Science focuses on the Natural World.

Through science, we understand the natural world such us by studying animals, plants,
rocks, and all other kinds of matter. Science is not concerned with supernatural world which
cannot be tested and is not governed by natural world.
• Science goes through experiments.
Hypothesis or tentative ideas shall be tested and should arrive at a number of consistent
results and observations so it can be taken as true. Anything that can be subjected to
experimentation and not give any observable data cannot be considered as science.
DEFINITION AND NATURE OF SCIENCE

• Science relies on evidence.

As science requires experimentation and observation, it is only right that it would
look for pieces of evidence that will support the truthfulness of something. Thus, science
works only with testable ideas. Evidences that are relevant to the matter being studied are
what scientists are looking for to confirm something to be of science. However, scientific
knowledge is open to question and revision as new ideas surface and new evidences are
discovered.
INTERACTION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND
SOCIETY
Figure 1 shows the interconnections of these 3
concepts in STS.
(1) We know that science is a systematized
body of knowledge that explains natural
phenomena. This body of knowledge
seeks to improve quality of living in the
society, both humans and their
surroundings.
(2) Science also informs the field of
technology because technology is the use
or application of scientific knowledge for
a specific goal or purpose.
(3) We know that society and its elements
demand on the field of science in terms of
the knowledge that it will produce
REFERENCES:

• Lawsin, N. et.al. (2020). Science, Technology, and Society . Instructional Material for Dissertation,
Improving STS Teaching Practice through Transversal Competencies (TVCs) Towards Seamless
Blended Digital Learning (SBDL)

• https://www.diffen.com/difference/Science_vs_Technology

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