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?
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
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
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
“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
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
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.