DOCUMENT RESUME ED 309 996 SE 050 842 AUTHOR Waks, Leonard J., Ed. TITLE Technological Literacy. Proceedings of the National Science, Technology and Society (STS) Conference (3rd, Washington, DC, February 5-7, 1987). PUB DATE 87 NOTE 451p.; For proceedings of second conference,see ED 293 705. Several pages have small print andmay not reproduce well. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) JOURNAL CIT Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society; v7 n5-6 J987 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC19 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Adult Education; *College Science; Developing Nations; *Educational Technology; *Elementary School Science; Elementary Secondary Education; Females; Higher Education; Science and Society; Science Curriculum; Science Education; *Secondary School Science; *Technological Literacy; Technology ABSTRACT This document contains the text of 71 papers presented at a national conference dealing with therelationships among science, technology and society (STS) with particular emphasis on technological literacy. Topics include: (1) emerging ideas and challenges; (2) STS in developing countries; (3) STS andgovernment; (4) frameworks and concepts in STS education;(5) programs and courses for K-12, college/university, teacher training, continuing education, and research settings; (6) STS and women; (7) STS and values education; and (E) educational technology. Introductory remarks by Rustum Roy and an afterward by Leonard J. Waksare included. 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Air mail t Jbscriptions extra. Free copying of educational material. Subscribers may reproduce without chargeany of the articles, educational modules. curricula a d course outlines that are publishedin this Journal, provided they are not resold. Copyright C 1985 The STS Press Reproduction rights are granted to subscribers under lei ms describedabove Au other reproduction is prohibited without permission of the copyright owner BEST COPY AVAILIWLE 2.3 ,A0 TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY Proceedings of the Third National Science, Technology and Society (STS) Conference Organized by Science Through Science, Technology and SocietyProject of The Pennsylvania State University with support from The Carnegie Corporation and The National Science Foundation Edited by Leonard J. Waks 4 TECHOLOGICAL LITERACY Proceedings of the Third Technological LiteracyConference Volume 7, Numbers 5 and 6 1937 EDITORIAL RUSTUM ROY: Technological Literacy - Phase II Begins 569 TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY: NEW CHALLENGESAHEAD ROBERT A. ROE: Technological Literacy: A Politicaland Educational Challenge 571 ROBERT ROD ALE: Big New Ideas Where Are They Today? 577 PAUL DeHART HURD: The Emergenceof a New Synthesis for Biology Education 585 JAMES R. JOHNSON: Engineering and Technology 589 MARGARET LA. MacVICAR: General Educationfor Scientists and Engineers: Current Issues and Challenges 592 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT MICHAEL J. MORAVCSIK: Science Policy andDevelopment in the Third World 598 WALLACE C. KOEHLER, Jr. and AARON SEGAL:The Caribbean: Can Lilliput Make It? 605 GERALD F. MURRAY: Technology Without Literacy:Agrarian Innovation in Rural Haiti 615 JOYCE H. SCOTT: The 'Road Thing' and the Nemesisof the Zowo: Technological Transformation and the Searchfor Self in Liberian Poetry 621 TED LYON: Science and Technology inContemporary Latin American Literature: A More Complete Humanity 628 FRED R. von der MEHDEN: Religion in Asiaas a Vehicle for Technological Change 638 JON D. WISMAN: Competition, Technology,Freedom, and the Future of the Workplace 650 MARK A. LUTZ: A Meditation on Economy and Society 655 JOHN BYRNE and STEVEN M. HOFFMAN:Nuclear Power and Technological Authoritarianism 658 LINDA D. QUANDER: Targeting Control of theTools of Educational Technology as an Area for Caribbean Development 672 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND DEMOCRACY LARRY D. SPENCE: Regenerating Politics and Technology 677 JOSEPH HABERER: Technology Literacy andthe Ethos of Democratic Government 683 JOSKE BLINDERS and JOSE VAN EIJNDHOVEN:The Importance of Interactions in Broadening the Base for Decision-Making on Technology 687 MICHAEL J. MORAVCSIK: Some Thoughts forthe Discussion on Decision Making within Science and Technology: Is Democracy Possible? 697 5 CONCEPTS AND FRAMEWORKS WILLEM H. VANDERBURG: Macro-STS: The New Frontier? 700 PAUL W. DeVORE: Cultural Paradigms and Technological Literacy 711 ROBERT E. SNOW: Core Concepts for Science and Technology Literacy 720 JOSEPH R. HERKERT: High-Risk Technology and Technological Literacy 730 JAMES L. STEELE: Educating for Citizenship: What Students Need to Know about Technology 738 DONALD MALEY: Knowledge and Skill Base Entering and Working in the World of Technology 741 CONSTANCE WEAVER: Models of Science and Technology in Teaching Children to Read 748 GAYLE L. ORMISTON and RAPHAEL SASSOWER: Language and Culture: The Context of STS Education 7S4 PROGRAMS, COURSES, MATERIALS AND RESULTS A. K-12 FREDERICK A. STALEY: Models and Strategies for a School- Industry- Community Approach M Reforming the K-8 Science Curriculum with an STS Emphasis 7S8 DARREL W. FYFFE: Critical Thinking Development in Middle Schools Using STS Activities 76S CAROL M. BUTZOW and JOHN W. BUTZOW: Science, Technology and Society as Experienced Through Children's Literature 769 DENNIS W. CHEEK: STS High School Modules from the Department of Defense Dependents Schools 771 RONALD D. TODD: The Emergence of Technology Education: Its Potential Power 774 ROBERT E. YAGER: Instructional Outcomes Change with SIT/S 780 JANE ABBOTT: STS and Secondary Education 78S KENNETH ALSTON and J. ELSPETH STUCKEY: Science, Technology, and At-Risk