 Respond to the following question in your journals. Be prepared to discuss your thoughts with the class.
 Why do you think that many scientists, regardless of nationality, share & cooperate with each other rather than compete against each other?

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As a part of your review for the final exam, you will be asked to put together a presentation on one of the chapters we have covered.
This project will be done with a partner; if there are odd numbers in the class, a group of three will have to be approved by me.
The projects will cover through chapter 15 & can be presented in a format of your choice.
The project must include a review handout turned into me to copy for the class.
Projects will be due to me by ________________.

Science & the Mass Media
CHAPTER 15.1

 Identify factors that have contributed to the institutionalization of science.
 Explain how the norms of scientific research differ from the realities of scientific research.

 the pursuit of knowledge through systematic methods

 the sociological investigation of how scientific knowledge develops

The Institutionalization of Science in the West

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 emerged as a recognizable system of study in the 300s B.C. in Greece slowed with the downfall of the Roman
Empire & coming of the Middle Ages

The Rebirth of Science
 4 main factors:
 Renaissance
 Movable type
 Age of Exploration
 Protestant Reformation
 scientific method: an objective & systematic way of collecting information & arriving at conclusions

 did not become widely significant until late 1800s, early 1900s
 specialization instead of general interest
 reinforced professionalism of the subject

 scientific research should be judged solely on the basis of quality

 no scientific finding or theory is exempt from questioning
 ensures that science does not stagnate

 all scientific knowledge should be made available to everyone in the scientific community

 scientists should seek truth, not personal gain

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 follow the norms of particularism instead of universalism base evaluation of others’ work on personal characteristics instead of their work

 “Piltdown man”

 one of the principal causes of norms violations among scientists
 fear of being
“beaten to the punch”

 honors & recognition tend to go to those who have already achieved recognition

Conflicting Views of Reality
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“If people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences”
 W.I. Thomas paradigm: the set of shared concepts, methods & assumptions that make up scientific reality at any point in time

CHAPTER 15: CLASSWORK
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Page 385: #2-3
Page 397: #2-3
Page 398: #1-10 Identifying People & Ideas
Page 398: #1-7 Understanding Main Ideas
Page 399: #1-4 Building Social Studies Skills

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Activity:
Scientific Revolution
Split up into your breakout groups.
Grab a World History textbook from the counter
& turn to page 567.
Once you have your group & book, come to me to be to be assigned a section (Dawn of Modern
Science; Discoveries in Astronomy, Physics &
Math; Discoveries in Biology & Chemistry;
Science & Society)
Complete a poster with relevant information, examples & illustrations from your assigned section.