STS and the Liberal Arts: A Workshop on Undergraduate Education -- October 28-29, 2001, Cambridge, MA

项目摘要：SES 00-96514 Sheila Jasanoff STS和文科：本科教育研讨会本项目包括一个为期一天的研讨会，向来自全国范围内选定的四年制学院和研究型大学的院长和其他学术管理人员介绍科学和技术研究(STS)领域，并促进关于该领域对本科教育可能贡献的更广泛讨论。会议地点是2001年10月28日至29日在马萨诸塞州剑桥举行的科学社会研究学会年会(4S)。随着STS教育近年来的发展，现在是像4S这样的国际专业协会积极为这一进程做出贡献的特别好时机。演讲者包括来自美国和欧洲的顶尖STS学者和教师，以及具有校园STS项目经验的管理人员。该讲习班旨在解决三个具体目标。首先是信息性的。会议应该向更广泛的教育界传播关于STS的学科内容和成功的本科课程设计的知识和经验。第二个是知识分子。讲习班促进了学者和管理人员对STS的统一特点、其与更传统学科的关系、教学和研究之间的联系以及STS在促进技术社会中积极参与和知情公民意识方面所能发挥的积极作用的思考。三是网络建设。讲习班的一些与会者以前将不会遇到系统或方案形式的科学、技术和创新。如果他们希望参与后续活动，与实地的核心人物会面，或许还可以体验前一次年度会议的部分情况，应该会让他们接触到人员和资源。

Project Abstract: SES 00-96514Sheila JasanoffSTS and the Liberal Arts: A Workshop on Undergraduate EducationThis project involves a one-day workshop to introduce the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) to deans and other academic administrators from a nationwide selection of four-year colleges and research universities and to promote wider discussion of the field's possible contributions to undergraduate education. The venue is Cambridge, MA, October 28-29, 2001 in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). With STS education growing in recent years, this is an especially opportune time for an international professional society such as 4S to contribute proactively to this process. Speakers include leading STS scholars and teachers from the US and Europe, as well as administrators who have experience with STS programs at their campuses. The workshop is designed to address three specific goals. The first is informational. The meeting should disseminate knowledge and experiences about the disciplinary content of STS and the design of successful undergraduate programs to a wider cross-section of the educational community. The second is intellectual. The workshop promotes reflection by both scholars and administrators on the unifying characteristics of STS, its relationship with more traditional disciplines, the connections between teaching and research, and the positive roles that STS can play in fostering engaged and informed citizenship in technological societies. The third is network-building. A number of the participants at the workshop will not previously have encountered STS in systematic or programmatic forms. Meeting core figures in the field, and perhaps experiencing parts of the preceding annual meeting, should put them in touch with people and resources if they wish to engage in follow-up activities.