Prelim_Lesson2_ Science, Technology and The Nation Building.pptx

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE NATION BUILDING Prepared By : Ms. REYNALENE GAUFO  Define SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY and SOCIETY Slide 1 WHAT IS SCIENCE? - “Scientia” (latin), meaning knowledge - Systematic and methodical activity of building and organizing knowledge about how the...

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE NATION BUILDING Prepared By : Ms. REYNALENE GAUFO  Define SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY and SOCIETY Slide 1 WHAT IS SCIENCE? - “Scientia” (latin), meaning knowledge - Systematic and methodical activity of building and organizing knowledge about how the universe behaves through observation, experimentation, or both. “systematic” and “evidence” Slide 2 WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY? “Techne” (Greek word), art or skill ✓ “Logos” (Greek word), discourse or reason ✓ Application of scientific knowledge, laws, and principles to produce services, materials, tools, and machines aimed at solving real-world problems ✓ It can be: - Tool, - Techniques, - Procedures for putting the findings of science into Slide 3 WHAT IS SOCIETY? ““Societas” (Latin), company or interaction ✓ an enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationships through interaction with one another. Slide 4 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Science, Technology and Society refers to the interaction between science and technology and social cultural, political and economic contexts which shape and are shaped by them; specific examples throughout human history of scientific and technological developments. Slide 5  SOME OF THE NOTABLE SUCCESS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Slide 6  THE WHEEL The idea came to connect a non- moving platform to a rolling cylinder. People then invented the wheel and axle which is the concept of making wheel. The holes at the center of the wheels and the ends of the fixed axles had to be nearly perfectly round and smooth for wheels to work. Slide 7  THE COMPASS The compass enabled mariners to navigate safely far from land, increasing sea trade and contributing to the Age of Discovery. PRINTING PRESS It was Johannes Gutenberg, a German who invented the press around 1440. Printing presses increased the speed with which book copies could be made, and thus led to the rapid and widespread dissemination of knowledge for the first time in history. Slide 8  TELEPHON Alexander EGraham Bell was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone in 1876. Though several inventors did pioneering work on electronic voice transmission, the invention quickly took off, and revolutionized global business and communication. Slide 9 PENICILLI In 1928, the Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming noticed a N bacteria field Petri Dish in his laboratory, the sample had become contaminated with a mold, and everywhere the mold was, the bacteria was dead. That antibiotic mold turned out to fungus Penicillium, and over the next two decades, chemist’s purified it and developed the drug Penicillin, which fights a huge number of bacterial infections in humans without harming the humans themselves. Penicillin was being mass and advertised by 1944. Slide 10  INTERNET The Internet is a vast network that connects computers all over the world. Through the Internet, people can share information and communicate from anywhere with an Internet connection. Computer scientists Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn are credited with inventing the Internet communication protocols we use today and the system referred to as the Internet. Slide 11 ADVANTAGES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY Developments Medical Technology Understanding World Devices Use of the Internet Better Education Methods of Generating Energy Slide 12 DISADVANTAGES AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Environmental Degradation The Rise and Surge in Cybercrime Increased Addiction to Online Media Increase in Unemployment Due to Automation New Developments, Unintended Consequences: Slide 13 THANK YOU!