Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge. Edited by I. Lakatos and A. Musgrave. Pp. viii, 282. £3·50, paperback £1. 1970. (Cambridge University Press.)

Desde a decada de sessenta, curriculos de ensino de ciencias com enfase em CTS – ciencia, tecnologia e sociedade – vem sendo desenvolvidos no mundo inteiro. Tais curriculos apresentam como objetivo central preparar os alunos para o exercicio da cidadania e caracterizam-se por uma abordagem dos conteudos cientificos no seu contexto social. No presente artigo, discutimos criticamente os pressupostos desses curriculos, de modo a fornecer subsidios para a elaboracao de novos modelos curriculares na area de Ciencias da Natureza e suas Tecnologias os quais possam contemplar a finalidade da educacao basica em preparar o aluno para o exercicio consciente da cidadania.

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Uma análise de pressupostos teóricos da abordagem C-T-S (Ciência - Tecnologia - Sociedade) no contexto da educação brasileira

No presente artigo, partindo-se do movimento ciencia-tecnologia-sociedade – CTS ou ciencia-tecnologia-sociedadeambiente – CTSA, propoe-se uma abordagem de contextualizacao no ensino de ciencias em uma perspectiva critica, apresentando como exemplo o modelo curricular desenvolvido pelo Projeto de Ensino Quimica e Sociedade – Pequis na Universidade de Brasilia. Para isso, sao discutidas concepcoes de contextualizacao de CTS e orientacoes curriculares estabelecidas pelos documentos dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais – PCN. A partir dessas consideracoes, sao delineadas questoes sobre o que seria um ensino de CTS/CTSA na perspectiva critico-social, incorporando ideias de Paulo Freire. Ao final, sao apresentadas sugestoes de abordagem dessa perspectiva e desafios a serem enfrentados pelos professores.

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Contextualização no ensino de ciências por meio de temas cts em uma perspectiva crítica

Increasingly, t echnological-scientific literacy has been postulated while fundamental dimension in the social dynamics related to technological-scientific development. However, technological-scientific literacy covers a wide spectrum of meanings. The objectives are diverse and diffuse. This paper discusses technological-scientific literacy according to reductionistic and broad perspectives. The reductionism, in ou r analysis, does not consider the e xistence o f constructions that underlie the production of technological-scientific knowledge, such as the one that leads to the conception of science and technology neutrality. This conception can be related to myths which a re called superiority of technocratic decisions’ model, t echnological-science saving perspective and technological determinism. The b road perspective, proposed in this work, aims to comprehend the interactions among Science-Technology-Society (STS), associating the learning of concepts to the myths discussions.

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Alfabetização científico-tecnológica para quê?

Neste artigo, situamos, inicialmente, o surgimento historico do movimento ciencia, tecnologia e sociedade (CTS). Por se tratar de um movimento que emerge em contextos bastante distintos do nosso, num segundo momento discutimos aspectos a serem considerados na configuracao de seus objetivos no contexto educacional brasileiro, apontando limitacoes e desafios que se colocam. Destacamos a nossa inexperiencia democratica, relacionada com a trajetoria historica do pais, como um dos obstaculos/desafios para colocar a tomada de decisoes, em relacao a ciencia e a tecnologia, numa perspectiva mais democratica (mais atores sociais participando) e menos tecnocratica, aspecto central do CTS.

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Reflexões para a implementação do movimento CTS no contexto educacional brasileiro

Ciencia, tecnología y sociedad: una introducción al estudio social de la ciencia y la tecnología

Tercera edicion de la encuesta nacional de percepcion social sobre ciencia y tecnologia en Espana, realizada por la FECYT. El libro se ocupa de las principales explotaciones y analisis de dicha encuesta.

Percepción social de la Ciencia y la Tecnología en España, 2006

Observaciones sobre los indicadores de impacto social

Studies concerned with the development of technologies have lately undergone a great impulse. Many of them have been approached from diverse academic perspectives with long-standing traditions and a great number of them have also benefited from the assumption of new conceptual perspectives. In this respect, history, sociology, and philosophy of technology constitute paradigmatic examples. An analysis of the evolution of these various academic paradigms in recent years is carried out, although succinctly, in the first part of this Working Paper. The second part of the Working Paper deals with the issue of social research on public perception with the particular case of the development of biotechnology. Research on the public perception of technologies is a useful tool of a prospective and pre-formative nature which plays an important role as a via media between descriptive analyses (sociology and economy of technical change) and value-oriented studies (technology assessment and science and technology policy analysis). In recent times, the citizens have registered a growing concern over the regulation, management and elaboration of technological policies. This development demands a comprehensive knowledge of the interaction between society and technology. Studies on public perception are highly important not only for the analysis and interpretation of future scenarios in the development of technologies, but also for the task of identifying the kind of public policies required to avoid unwanted effects and for the orientation of technological advancement towards ends considered as beneficial by society as a whole. Introduction Studies on the public perception of technologies derive from social analyses and opinion research of a wider scope. In advanced Western democracies this type of social inquiries are carried out for purposes which range from, say, assessing the commercial interest of a new product to identifying social expectations with relation to political change. Social indicators have gained special relevance as tools for research interpretation and their use has greatly expanded in recent times. This is reflected in the proliferation of private companies and public agencies engaged in this type of opinion research and marketing (). Given this context, it is useful to * This Working Paper has been prepared for presentation at the International Conference on Technology and Ecology (VII Biennial of the Society for Philosophy and Technology) held at the Centro de Estudios de Peniscola (Castellon, Spain), May 21-23, 1993. . On the issue concerned with the use of social indicators in the process of technology management, see the critical work by Wynne (1975).

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José Luis Luján López

Papers

Ciencia, tecnología y sociedad: una introducción al estudio social de la ciencia y la tecnología

Percepción social de la Ciencia y la Tecnología en España, 2006

Observaciones sobre los indicadores de impacto social

The social study of technology: the case for public perception and biotechnology

Cultura científica y participación formativa