This lecture argues how science and technology merged and ahow they changed into techno-science, and it tries to elucidate what is techno-science. It also focuses on the historical formation of industrial society to set the basis to think about how techno-science should be in the twenty first century.
1)Students should become to be able to explain the diferrence of science, technology and techno-science by their own words.
2)Students should become to be able to explain the difference of the society under industrial revolution and that of mass production/ consumption by their own words.
3) Students should become to be able to have their own opinion about how techno-science of the twenty first century shoule be.
science, technology, techno-science, Industrial Revolutin, Great Exhibition 1851, American System, Ford System, industrial laboratory, national research institute
✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
At the beginning of every class, I give short explanation on questions of comment sheets of the former lecture, then start lecture of the day. After Q & A, students make comment sheet.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Techno-science and industrial society | Decision to entry |
Class 2 | Industrial Revolution 1 | Industrial revolution and textile machines |
Class 3 | Industrial Revolution 2 | Understading of the role of water mill and steam engine in the Industrial Revolution |
Class 4 | The Great Exhibition 1851 | The greeat Exhibition and the crisis of the British Industry |
Class 5 | The birth of Ammerican System | What is American System? |
Class 6 | The age of steel | The relationship between the Industrial Revolution and steel |
Class 7 | American dream and technology | Cntribution of Edison and Carnegie |
Class 8 | Mass production | What is Ford System |
Class 9 | Massacre and technology | Social change through mass production |
Class 10 | Scientific management | Taylor System |
Class 11 | From science and technology to techno-science | What is science-based industry |
Class 12 | The age of engineers | Scientists in industry |
Class 13 | Nation states and techno-sciennce | The emergence of science in universities and of national research institute |
Class 14 | Cold War and linear model | Bush model |
Class 15 | What is techno-science | Wrapping up |
Hideto Nakajima, Science in Society (in Japanese), NHK Books
Please see referenced books in the text book above.
Final exam 70%, comment sheet at the end of lectures 30%
Basic knowledge of high school level world history
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