GEED 007 Science Technology and Society
GEED 007 Science Technology and Society
GEED 007 Science Technology and Society
Course Code GEED 10083 Course Science, Technology and Society Course Credit 3 UNITS
Title
Course Description The course deals with interactions between science and technology and social, cultural, political, and economic contexts that shape and are shaped by them. (CMO No. 20, series
of 2013) This interdisciplinary course engages students to confront the realities brought about by science and technology in society. Such realities pervade the personal, the public,
and the global aspects of our living and are integral to human development. Scientific knowledge and technological development happen in the context of society with all its socio-
political, cultural, economic, and philosophical underpinnings at play. This course seeks to instill reflective knowledge in the students that they are able to live the good life and
display ethical decision making in the face of scientific and technological advancement. This course includes mandatory topics on climate change and environmental awareness.
Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities through a re-engineered polytechnic university by committing to:
MISSION ▪ provide democratized access to educational opportunities for the holistic development of individuals with global perspective;
▪ offer industry-oriented curricula that produce highly skilled professionals with managerial and technical capabilities and a strong sense of public service for nation building;
▪ embed a culture of research and innovation;
▪ continuously develop faculty and employees with the highest level of professionalism; and
▪ engage public and private institutions and other stakeholders for the attainment of social development goal establish a strong presence and impact in the international
academic community.
COLLEGE GOALS
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines commits to provide inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for human advancement
and social transformation through re-engineered polytechnic academic programs. Toward this end, we, the members of the PUP Community will vigorously and steadfastly
QUALITY POLICY STATEMENT endeavor to continuously improve the standard of university services to the satisfaction of our clients through the adoption and continuous review of our Quality Management
System.
1. Critical and Creative Thinking. Graduates use their rational and reflective thinking as well as innovative abilities to life situations in order to push boundaries, realize
possibilities, and deepen their interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and/or transdisciplinary understanding of the world.
2. Effective Communication. Graduates apply the four macro skills in communication (reading, writing, listening, and speaking), through conventional and digital means, and
are able to use these skills in solving problems, making decisions, and articulating thoughts when engaging with people in various circumstances.
INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING 3. Strong Service Orientation. Graduates exemplify strong commitment to service excellence for the people, the clientele, industry and other sectors.
OUTCOMES (ILO) 4. Adept and Responsible Use or Development of Technology. Graduates demonstrate optimized and responsible use of state-of-the-art technologies of their profession.
They possess digital learning abilities, including technical, numerical, and/or technopreneurial skills.
5. Passion for Lifelong Learning. Graduates perform and function in society by taking responsibility in their quest for further improvement through lifelong learning.
6. Leadership and Organizational Skills. Graduates assume leadership roles and become leading professionals in their respective disciplines by equipping them with
appropriate organizational skills.
7. Personal and Professional Ethics. Graduates manifest integrity and adherence to moral and ethical principles in their personal and professional circumstances.
8. Resilience and Agility. Graduates demonstrate flexibility and the growth mindset to adapt and thrive in the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment.
9. National and Global Responsiveness. Graduates exhibit a deep sense of nationalism as it complements the need to live as part of the global community where
diversity is respected. They promote and fulfill various advocacies for human and social development.
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3. Analyze complex problems, and identify and define the computing requirements ✓ ✓
appropriate to its solution
4. Identify and analyze user needs to take them into account in the selection, creation, ✓ ✓
evaluation and administration of computer-based systems
7. Apply knowledge through the use of current techniques, skills, tools and practice ✓ ✓
necessary for the IT profession
8. Display high level of leadership and organizational skills in school and classroom ✓ ✓ ✓
management
10. Communicate effectively with the computing community and with society at large about ✓ ✓ ✓
complex computing activities through logical writing presentation and clear instruction
11. Analyze the local and global impact of computing information technology on individual, ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
organization and society
13. Recognize the need for and engage in planning self-learning and improving ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
performance as a foundation for continuing professional development
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Based on CMO No. _______________, Series of _____________ Alignment to PLOs
(PI)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
At the end of this course, the students are expected to: Alignment to PLOs
2. Explain how science and technology affect society and the environment and its role in ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
nation-building
4. Define and demonstrate the impact of social media on the students’ life and ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Philippine society in general
7. Foster the value of a healthy lifestyle toward the holistic and sustainable ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
development of society and the environment.
9. Examine shared concerns that make up the good life in order to come up with ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
innovative and creative solutions to contemporary issues guided by ethical
standards.
10. Illustrate how the social media and information age impact their lives and their ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
understanding of climate change.
Legend: L – learn, P – practice, O – opportunity for development
Synchronous Asynchronous
1 Discuss and explain the PUP ORIENTATION ● Orientation Statement of expectations arrived at
VMGO, PUP Graduate ●PUP VMGO ● Setting of expectations
Attributes, Institutional ●Course Description, Objective ● Reviewing the syllabus Rubrics developed by students for
Learning Outcomes, Program Content, and Methodology and describing learning grading and assessing activities
●Requirements of the Course
Objectives, Course Intended activities and
●Grading System
Learning Outcomes, Course ●Class Organization assessments
Policies ●Recall of the School Rules and
Regulation for Implementation
2 Articulate ways by which CLO 1,2 Intellectual revolutions that Lecture Discussion and The instructor will upload Assignment
society is transformed by defined society Discussion consultation thru google handouts and recorded Seatwork
science and technology a. Copernican Demonstration meet video lessons on google Recitation
b. Darwinian classroom. Quiz
c. Freudian
d. Information
e. Meso American
f. Asian
g. Middle East
h. African
3 Discuss the role of CLO 2,3 Science and Technology and Lecture Discussion and The instructor will upload Board Work
Science and Technology Nation Building Discussion Exercises
4 Analyze the human CLO 3, 4 The Human Person flourishing Lecture Discussion and The instructor will upload Board Work
condition in order to in terms of science and Discussion consultation thru google handouts and recorded Exercises
deeply reflect and Technology as a Way of Demonstration meet video lessons on google Problem Set
express philosophical Revealing classroom.
ramifications that are
meaningful to the
student as a part of
society
5-6 Critique human CLO 4,5 Human flourishing Lecture Discussion and The instructor will upload Board Work
flourishing vis-àvis the Discussion consultation thru google handouts and recorded Exercises
progress of science and Demonstration meet video lessons on google Problem Set
technology so that the Problem-solving activity classroom.
student can define for (hands on)
himself/herself the
meaning of the good life
9 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
10-11 Examine human rights in CLO 7,8 When technology and humanity Lecture Discussion and The instructor will upload Board Work
order to uphold such cross Discussion consultation thru google handouts and recorded Exercises
rights in technological Demonstration meet video lessons on google Problem Set
ethical dilemmas Problem-solving activity classroom.
(hands on)
12-13 Evaluate contemporary CLO 9,10 Why does the future not need us? Lecture Discussion and The instructor will upload Board Work
human experience in order Discussion consultation thru google handouts and recorded Exercises
to strengthen and enlighten Demonstration meet video lessons on google Problem Set
the human person Problem-solving activity classroom.
functioning in society (hands on)
14-15 Link learned concepts to CLO 8,9,10 The information Age Problem-solving activity Discussion and
the development of the (Gutenberg to Social media) (hands on) consultation thru google
information age and its meet
impact on society
Illustrate how the social
media and the information
age have impacted our
lives
17 Describe gene therapy and CLO 9,10 Gene therapy (stem Cells)
its various forms
18 FINAL EXAMINATION
REFERENCES
Book
Learning Module
• Philosophy of Science (Encyclopedia) Scientific Progress, Scientific Revolutions
• Floridi, Luciano. 2014. The Fourth Revolution, Oxford University Press
• Government Documents: NEDA. National Development Agenda; Regional Agenda
• Filipino Great Men and Women
• Great Filipino Inventions
The Concepts of the Public Good: A View from the Filipino Philosopher by Rolando Gripaldo in the Making of a Filipino Philosopher and Other Essays, 2009, National Bookstore pp 82-101
Eudai• Book: “Alan Turing: The Enigma” (Andrew Hodges and Douglas Hofstadter)
• TEDTalk: Julian Assange on “Why the World Needs Wikileaks”
LINKS
•https://explorable.com/scientific-reductionism
•https://explorable.com/what-is-a-paradigm
•http://www.history.com/topics/enlightenmen t/videos/mankind-the-story-of -all-of-us-scientific-revolution
• Kuhn , Structure of Scientific Revolution
• The ethical dilemmas of robotics
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6432307, stm• Is Google Making Us Stupid? 2008. NicholasCarr
http://www/theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/Igoogle making us stupid/306868/?
• Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us (2000) – Bill Joy, Chief Scientist and Corporate Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems http://www.cc.gatech.edu/computing/nano/documents
• Movie: “A I” Isaac Asimov, “I Robot”
1. Students shall attend set contact schedule ready with all the materials 1. Check your device ahead of your scheduled synchronous meeting (camera, microphone, keyboard, speakers, etc.)
and outputs required to be read, discussed, and/or submitted. 2. Attend the synchronous class on time.
Students should have also read required texts at least once before its 3. Be ready to turn on your microphone and camera anytime.
scheduled discussion. 4. Choose a comfortable space to attend the online class.
2. PLAGIARISM SHALL NOT BE TOLERATED. The following penalties will be 5. Click the ‘raise hand’ button and wait to be acknowledged by the teacher(s) before unmuting your microphone.
strictly implemented to outputs proven to contain plagiarized words, 6. Do not abuse the chat box.
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, or ideas: First offense – 7. Read the assigned materials before attending the class.
automatic failure in the output; Second offense – automatic failure in 8. Be mindful of your classmates and teacher’s time. Be alert, constructive, and responsive.
the output + letter from parent/s/guardian/s that acknowledges the
offense; Third offense – automatic failure in the course. Asynchronous sessions
3. Requirements shall be submitted on time. However, in special cases
when students fail to submit requirements for some acceptable 1. Study the sections and functions of the assigned learning management system (LMS) ahead of time.
reasons, submissions will be subjected to deductions of no less than 2. Check the expected submission/turn in schedule at all times. For some timed activities, late submission may cause deductions
0.25 per day. 4. Students who have any form of disability must to your grades. For group activities, discuss the best time and platform to discuss the assignment of tasks with your groupmates.
inform the course instructor immediately so that alternative 3. Ask for help from your teacher(s) and classmates when necessary.
arrangements may be immediately considered. (Follow the rules on sending an effective email to your teacher. A separate discussion shall be allotted for this.)
5. All students are expected to read and strictly observe the PUP Student
Code of Conduct
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MS. KAREN G. LLAMADO MR. DITHER JUNE U. MALALUAN Assoc. Prof. CHERRY E. ANGELES
Faculty Head, Academic Program Assistant Director PROF. EMANUEL C. DE GUZMAN, PhD
Vice President for Academic
Affairs/Date
Instructions:
#10 Provide References from Ninoy Aquino Learning and Library Resources Center (NALLRC)
at least five (5) Curriculum-based book listings (CBBL) with copyright and publication within the last five (5) years,
which may include reference books, journals and e-resources subscriptions.
Assigned faculty may include other references.
#11 Assigned faculty may provide classroom policies, rules and guidelines for Face-to-Face Delivery and FLTAs delivery mode of teaching and learning.
#12 Assigned faculty may provide course requirement/s with CLO links
Indicate the course learning outcomes (CLOs) that are directly achieved by each of the expected/suggested course requirements.
Ensure that the fulfillment of all course requirements mean that the majority (if not all) the CLOs are achieved.
#13 Provide the grading system.
#14 Faculty assigned may provide the rubrics for assessment/s.
#15 Provide the details for Class Information;
#16 Provide the details for Faculty Information;
#17 The completed syllabus must be signed and dated by the Faculty/Committee, Reviewed and Checked by Chairperson/Academic Head, Recommended for approval by
the Dean/Director and Approved by the VPAA.