Proceedings of the National Technological Literacy Conference (10th, Arlington, Virginia, March 2-5, 1995).

This collection of 20 papers represents the work of 24 authors with a variety of perspectives on the growth of the science, technology and society movement in the United States in the past 10 years. These essays are seen as a representative sample of the work of the movement. Divided into four sections, Section 1, "General Science, Technology and Society Studies," includes: (1) "The Policy Discourse of STS: STS as an Issue Area and Interaction Network" (Lars Fuglsang); (2) "Public Perception Issues: Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology" (Charles Hagedorn; Susan Allender-Hagedorn); (3) "Controversies over Evolution and Creationism: Toward a Postmodern Historiography of Science" (Michael Seltzer); (4) "Mathematics: An Important Interface Language for STS" (Glenda R. Haynie; W. James Haynie); (5) "Women and Genes: Finding the Right Fit" (Deborah Blizzard); and (6) "Community or Commodity? Reconsidering the Environmental Movements in Taiwan" (Shih-Jung Hsu; John Byrne). Section 2, "Science, Technology and Society Collegiate Programs," contains: (1) "Teaching Information Self-sufficiency in the Academic Disciplines: A Three-tiered Approach" (Deborah S. Grealy; Lorraine Evans); (2) "Integrating Ethics into Undergraduate Research: The NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program" (R. Eugene Mellican); (3) "A Multimedia Approach to Computer Ethics" (Frances K. Bailie); (4) "Development of an Undergraduate Environmental Curriculum in Bangladesh" (Cub Kahn); (5) "What We Learn from Role Playing in an STS Activity" (Cheng-Hsia Wang); (6) "An STS Activity--Ozone Depletion" (Cheng-Hsia Wang); (7) "The Chinese Reforms and the Rationalization of Environmental Dispute Resolution" (Abigail R. Jahiel); and (8) Physics: Concepts and Connections" (Art Hobson). Section 3, "Science, Technology and Society in K-12 Education," includes: (1) "Available, Ready To Explore" (Bernice Hauser); (2) "High School Students' and Teachers' STS Outlook Profiles. Are There Gender Differences?" (Uri Zoller; David Ben-Chaim); and (3) "How a City Works: A Professional Development Institute for Teachers" (Debra Aczel and others). Section 4, "Technologies, Boundaries, and Realities: Dancing on the Borders of Human and Machine," contains: (1) "A Deconstructive Demi-dance" (Suzanne K. Damarin); (2) "Women Computer Scientists" (Linda Condron); (3) "The Paradox of Technology for Persons with Disabilities" (Jan Johnson); and (4) "Yellow Roses: The Case against the Name 'Virtual Reality'" (C. Allen Shaffer). (EH)