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Direct linkBencze, Larry; Carter, Lyn; Groleau, Audrey; Krstovic, Mirjan; Levinson, Ralph; Martin, Jenny; Martins, Isabel; Pouliot, Chantal; Weinstein, Matthew – Contributions from Science Education Research, 2019
There are many potential harms to individuals, societies and environments associated with powerful "networks" of living, nonliving and symbolic entities (actants), such as financiers, banks, think tanks, transnational trade organizations and agreements, competitiveness, scientists, engineers, universities, governments, military,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science and Society, Neoliberalism, Inquiry
Petillion, Riley J.; Freeman, Tamara K.; McNeill, W. Stephen – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
As part of a revision to the content and delivery of first-year chemistry instruction at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus, we have employed the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) as a thematic framework. This framework was introduced to promote the achievement of affective learning outcomes, including a…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Chemistry, Science Curriculum, Sustainable Development
Download full textTaheri, Pooya; Robbins, Philip; Maalej, Sirine – Education Sciences, 2020
Langara College, as one of the leading undergraduate institutions in the province of British Columbia (BC), offers the "Applied Science for Engineering" two-year diploma program as well as the "Engineering Transfer" two-semester certificate program. Three project-based courses are offered as part of the two-year diploma program…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Active Learning
Barrett, Sarah Elizabeth; Pedretti, Erminia – School Science and Mathematics, 2006
Over the last 20 years, science-technology-society-environment education (STSE) education has been advocated as a way to advance scientific literacy. However, STSE education represents a broad range of ideologies and orientations. The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast two different science curricula through a case study approach.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Ideology, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, 2004
Between August and September 2004, EKOS Research Associates conducted the first round of a study entitled, Rethinking Science and Society. The aim of this study is to assess Canadians' attitudes toward science and research, particularly since research and innovation policies have become increasingly important for the federal government. The…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Federal Government, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMoore, Gale – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Explores the social impacts of technological change on the library and the library profession as social institutions, the library as an organization, and librarians as professionals. The effects of automation on the library's role in providing public access to information, library management, professional status, and the work environment are also…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Library Automation
Peer reviewedZoller, Uri – Canadian Journal of Education, 1992
Specific recommendations are made to implement education in science/technology/environment/society (STES) issues in Canadian schools. Functional STES literacy will enable students to take positions on issues based on their cognitive analyses and value systems. Contemporary science teaching neglects the problem solving that real STES education will…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
