GSP 2203: Science, Technology and Society Lecture Notes

The knowledge and understanding of science concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity = Scientific literacy The capacity to use scientific knowledge, to identify questions and to draw evidence – based conclusions in order to understand and help make decisions about the natural world and the changes made to it through human activity = Scientific literacy A person who is scientifically and technologically literate is a person who can function within a society as a whole, rather than simply as a scientist in the workplace = Scientific literacy Relates to enabling citizens to effectively participate in the real world = Scientific literacy

United States National Center for Education statistic = Scientific literacy Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) = Scientific literacy UNESCO = Scientific literacy STS approach to the teaching of science = Scientific literacy

Training young members of society in a way that they can take up future careers in science and technology = Teaching of science Emphasis on how science is taught so students acquire aims like scientific literacy = Teaching of science Enabling citizens to effectively participate in the real world through scientific knowledge = Teaching of science Functioning within society as a whole, not just as a scientist in the workplace = Teaching of science

<p>Natural events and human activities</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of trapping radiated energy from the Earth's surface</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Water vapor and carbon dioxide</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Energy from the sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The trapping of heat resembles the process in a greenhouse</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Earth's surface</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is causing a gradual increase in the Earth's temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It causes a rise in the Earth's temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a gradual process affecting the Earth's climate</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The sun</p> Signup and view all the answers