online RESOURCES
Cloning Around–this site provides materials to assist students
in exploring the concepts of cloning and genetic engineering by participating
in a round-table discussion based on the ethics and potential of cloning.
Includes lesson plan, activities, questions for discussion, and resources.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19981217thursday.html
Tell it to the Judge–this site provides lesson plans and student
activities designed to help students understand legal and ethical
issues related to hacking and abuse of intellectual property rights.
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plans/68_10.asp
The Threat of Bioterrorism–leads students to research, debate,
and write about ethical issues that exist in the study and practice
of science.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19981209wednesday.html
Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) in Science–Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory site providing a number of instructional
modules designed to help lead discussions of the ethical issues related
to science and technology.
http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse site provides access to a large
data base with many science and technology related resources.
http://www.enc.org/resources/records/full/0,,002500,00.shtm
Free Teaching Tools – site listing links to free teaching resources
provided by the Character Counts, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian
coalition of schools, communities, and nonprofit organizations working
to advance character education by teaching the Six Pillars of Character:
trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
Follows the principles espoused by the Josephson Institute.
http://www.charactercounts.org/guides.htm
STS Links – links to STS-Related Information Sources provided
courtesy of North Carolina State program on Science, Technology, and
Society.
http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/mds/stslinks.html
This is a site with essays by African scholars that depict the cultural
heritage and contemporary change due to the changing values and Technologies
in the society.
http://www.crvp.org/book/Series02/II-5/contents.htm
The site talks about postmodernism.
http://www.colorado.edu/English/ENGL2012Klages/pomo.html
This is a PDF file that reviews the book “Technology in America:
A Brief History”. It should be of special interest to those
who teach technology education and its educational heritage, the history
of technology, and the history of industrial education.
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v2n1/pdf/pannabecker.pdf
This site gives an outline of different perceptions of what technological
progress may imply in today’s world. In addition reflection
questions are asked and additional links are provided.
http://tiger.coe.missouri.edu/~pavtf311/progress.htm
This is an article that discusses the perpetual struggle between
science and technology and Human values.
http://www.geocities.com/esynned/
This article discusses the effects of, socioeconomic development,
cultural change and democratization on society.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=csd
related JOURNALS
Ethics and The Environment – Academic journal providing an
interdisciplinary forum for discussion of broad issues related to
ethics and the environment. Published by Indiana University Press.
http://www.phil.uga.edu/eande
Issues in Science and Technology – Provides an academic forum
for discussion of public policy related to science, engineering, and
medicine. Published by the National Academy of Sciences, The National
Academy of Engineering, and the University of Texas at Dallas.
http://www.nap.edu/issues/
Science, Technology & Human Values – Academic journal providing
a forum for cutting-edge research and debate. Published by Sage Publications,
Inc., in association with Society for Social Studies of Science.
http://www.jstor.org/journals/01622439.html
Technology and Culture – Academic journal exploring the history
of technology. Published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in
association with Society for the History of Technology.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/technology_and_culture/
