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- Instructor(s)
- Nakajima Hideto Fudano Jun Shirabe Masashi Takuwa Yoshimi Bektas Yakup
- Class Format
- Lecture
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- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Wed3-4(W521)
- Group
- -
- Course number
- LAH.S416
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2018
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2018/3/20
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
This lecture is to consider what kind of role science and technology should take. For this purpose, we look through the essence of history of science and technology from the ancient period to the modern.
Student learning outcomes
Students should get basic knowledge to deliver multiple views relating to the issues of science and technology as experts.
Keywords
science, technology, society, history
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
You will get about an hour lecture, then we move on to group discussions on the topic (if the number of attendants allow). You submit a short report at the end of each lecture.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance: The beginning of science and technology | Understanding the academic meaning of the words of science and technology |
| Class 2 | Technology in the ancient world | Understanding the emergence of technology |
| Class 3 | Leonard | After watching a video program, we move on analyzing its contents |
| Class 4 | The Scientific Revolution | Understanding the change from the ancient science |
| Class 5 | École polytechnique | Engineering education |
| Class 6 | The emergence of the Industrial Society | Industrial Revolution, Mass production |
| Class 7 | Marriage of science and technology | Techno-science, engineers |
| Class 8 | Linear model and the future of techno-science | Techno-science in the 21st century |
Textbook(s)
Hideto Nakajima, Science in Society (in Japanese), NHK Publication
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Assessment criteria and methods
Engagement to the class (attendance and reports) 70%, essay 30%
Related courses
- LAH.T203 ： History of Technology B
- LAH.T303 ： History of Technology C
- LAH.T409 ： Transdisciplinary studies 9:Science, Technology and Society:Basic
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
None
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).
nhidebo[at]hotmail.co.jp
Other
Change of lecture style is possible according to the number of students. Anyway, your enthusiastic attendance is essential.
