{"id":72,"date":"2010-11-02T09:41:58","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T07:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2010-11-10T15:06:34","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T13:06:34","slug":"reflect-on-the-nature-of-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/reflect-on-the-nature-of-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflect on the nature of design, technology &#038; science:"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Relevance of design, technology &amp; science on innovation and invention.<\/li>\n<li>The methods of gaining knowledge\u201d<\/li>\n<li>How science makes predictions<\/li>\n<li>How science helps us understand our world.<\/li>\n<li>How science demands evidence in the form of data\/observations (empirical evidence) and the strengths and limitations of data.<\/li>\n<li>Use formal logic or reasoning as a way of knowing.<\/li>\n<li>The role of theoretical and mathematical models.<\/li>\n<li>The role of emotions as a way of knowing<\/li>\n<li>The importance of open-mindedness, freedom of thought, creativity and imagination in the creation of knowledge.<\/li>\n<li> The people who have shaped what we know.<\/li>\n<li>How design, technology and science is subject to change.<\/li>\n<li>The connections between design, technology &amp; science to other areas of knowledge like sport or psychology.<\/li>\n<li>How paradigm shifts (new ways of thinking) lead to new theories.<\/li>\n<li>Possible biases and limitations in the way knowledge is produced or presented.<\/li>\n<li>Recognition that many of societies problems like climate change and AIDS are international in nature and require a global multidisciplinary approach.<\/li>\n<li>How new knowledge is verified and justified.<\/li>\n<li>The nature of truth in Science.<\/li>\n<li>How the economic, social and political contexts affects the type of scientific research undertaken.<\/li>\n<li>The role of technology\/the internet in the advancement of scientific knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>The language used to communicate science.<\/li>\n<li>The strengths and weakness of scientific knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>The role of peer review in the acceptance of new knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>Why some areas of scientific research are controversial. What makes them so.<\/li>\n<li>How science is a social activity involving many different people and that scientists participate in society as specialists and as citizens.<\/li>\n<li>How science is an international endeavour, relying on the exchange of information and ideas across national boundaries.<\/li>\n<li>How the foundations for modern day science was laid many centuries before by Arabic, Indian, Chinese and European civilisations.<\/li>\n<li>How science is organised into different disciplines<\/li>\n<li>How science is conducted in schools, universities, research institutions, and companies and is promoted by organisations like the UN, WHO, UNEP and UNESCO.<\/li>\n<li>That there are generally accepted ethical principles in how science is conducted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Adapted from http:\/\/blogs.saschina.org\/chemicalparadigms<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance of design, technology &amp; science on innovation and invention. The methods of gaining knowledge\u201d How science makes predictions How science helps us understand our world. How science demands evidence in the form of data\/observations (empirical evidence) and the strengths and limitations of data. Use formal logic or reasoning as a way of knowing. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}