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

项目摘要：SES 00-96514Sheila JasanoffSTS与文科：本科教育研讨会该项目包括一个为期一天的研讨会，向全国范围内挑选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与技术研究（STS）领域，并促进有关该领域对本科教育可能贡献的更广泛讨论。会议将于2001年10月28日至29日在马萨诸塞州剑桥举行，届时将举行科学社会研究学会年会。随着近年STS教育的发展，这是一个国际专业协会，如4S积极参与这一进程的时机。演讲者包括来自美国和欧洲的顶尖STS学者和教师，以及在其校园中有STS项目经验的管理人员。讲习班旨在解决三个具体目标。首先是信息性的。会议应将STS的学科内容和成功的本科课程设计的知识和经验传播给更广泛的教育界。第二个是智力方面的。研讨会促进学者和管理人员反思STS的统一特征，其与更传统学科的关系，教学与研究之间的联系，以及STS在培养技术社会中参与和知情公民方面可以发挥的积极作用。三是网络建设。讲习班的一些参加者以前将不会遇到系统或方案形式的STS。如果他们希望参与后续活动，应与实地的核心人物会面，或者体验前年度会议的部分内容，使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.