STS (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY) IN AMERICA USING ERIC DATABASE
1991 Volume 32 Issue 1 Pages 1-11
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1991 Volume 32 Issue 1 Pages 1-11
Recently, much attention is paid to STS (Science/Technology/Society) in science education. What on earth is STS, and how is research being made? In this study, this question was made clear, from the past to the present, in all fields, and from all educational levels. The literature was picked up related to STS from the ERIC database in America. From the information contained in the STS literature, the STS was analyzed in all respects. The results showed as follows: (1) Indeed the study of STS is related to society, but not so influenced by social studies or social sciences. (2) There are some institutions where the study of STS is being made actively, and there are some professional journals. (3) The study of STS was found even before the 1980s, and in the 1980s it got more and more popular, and around the 1980s the professional journals were published. It follows from those facts that STS is regarded as a new emphasis in teaching science.
