2. Classification of
Science
Pure
Science Applied Technology
Integrated
( Tekne =art
( Life
Science, Physical, Science or craft )
Science
Earth Science )
3. Reflective Thinking Activity: When is
Science a friend or a Foe?
Science as a Science as a
Friend Foe
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
4. When is science a friend or a foe?
Guide Questions:
1. Is science really a friend? In What way?
2. Is Science really a foe? How?
3. Does technology which is a product of science
results to life or to death? Why/
4. Do you believe that when science came, DISORDER
followed? Why? What are the evidences?
5. Do you believe that before we know Science, there
was ORDER? Why?
6. Key Concepts:
1. Science and technology characterize
contemporary society than anything else.
2. Science and Technology are responsible for the
greatest promises and the greatest threats to
modern civilization e.g. weapons of mass
destruction, pollution, medicines, genetic
engineering.
3. Science and Technology have tremendous impact
on the three leading concerns of most citizens, i.
e. the economy, medical well-being, the military.
4. Technology’s social and cultural role in society is
to sustain the private corporation, provide a
source of personal identity and integrate and
stratify society.
7. The Role of Technology in Society
Technological Advancements usually
generates “ threats” and “
Opportunities”
8. Three helpful views of technology
The heightened prominence of technology
in society makes the interrelated task of
profiting from its opportunities and
containing its dangers a major intellectual
and intellectual and political challenge of
out time.
Examples:
Gene Therapy
Genetic Engineering
Cloning
9. Guide Questions:
1. What is this article about?
2. What new or unexpected
discoveries have changed the direction
of research in this field?
3. What discoveries does the writer
predict will take place in the near
future?
4. What do the scientists interviewed
in the article say are some of the most
promising new developments in the
field?
