Science/Technology/Society as Reform in Science Education by ... - 9780791427705

Science/Technology/Society as Reform in Science EducationAuthor(s): Robert E. Yager\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9780791427705, 978-0791427705\nSynopsis\nPresents evidence that S/T/S is a successful reform movement in science education.\n\nScience/Technology/Society (S/T/S) is a reform effort to broaden science as a discipline in schools and colleges; to relate science to other facets of the curriculum; and to relate science specifically to technology and to the society that supports and produces new conceptualizations of both. S/T/S is also defined as the teaching and learning of science/technology in the context of human experience. It focuses on a method of teaching that recognizes the importance that experience in the real world has on the learning process. And it recognizes that real learning can occur only when the learner is engaged and able to construct her or his own me.