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Center for Science, Technology and Society

STS Education Resources for Faculty

 
Description of the STS requirement and learning objectives

For the benefit of Santa Clara faculty who are developing, or thinking about developing Science, Technology and Society courses for the new core, this document defines each of the three course objectives for STS and describes general pedagogical approaches to meeting these objectives, along with examples of such approaches in various disciplines.
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Social and Philosophical Rationale for Science STS Pedagogy
 
The Social and Philosophical Rational, as well as the STS learning objectives, are described in the July 2008 STS Core Workshop Packet.
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Approved SCU syllabi
New courses with an STS focus have been approved for the university’s new Core Curriculum.
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Sample SCU syllabi
This is the syllabus of an approved course in the new Core Curriculum with an STS focus.
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An overview of STS programs at other Universities
 

STS Pathway Call for Syllabi