科技與社會(STS)融入通識課程的規劃與教學實踐：以萬能科技大學“從本土環境保護意識解析科技發展下蛻變的環境價值”STS計畫爲例

The Integration of STS into the Curriculum Design and the Practice of the General Education: A Case Study of the STS Project of "the Analyses of the Changing Environmental Values of the Local Environm

徐振雄(Chen-Hsiung Hsu)

《通識教育學刊》 3期 (2009/06) Pp. 37-65

https://doi.org/10.6360/TJGE.200906.0037

摘要

STS(Science, Technology and Society/Science, Technology Studies)在國內算是一門新興的跨域研究，中文迻譯爲「科學、技術與社會研究」、「科技與社會研究」或是「科技研究」。STS理念源自英國，流行於80年代的美國，這門領域的興起，實際上是人文與科技，過去所謂「兩個文化」的藩籬撤除，亦即人文社會與科學的跨域視野融合。本文擬從STS的幾種意義論起，並以萬能科技大學執行教育部補助大學校院科技與社會STS跨領域教學計畫課程爲例（計畫名稱：從本土環保意識解析科技發展下蛻變的環境價值），試探科技與社會(STS)融入通識課程的規劃與教學實踐。目的在：一、破除「兩個文化的分裂」，反省科技大學在高等教育體制中的位置，是否與普通大學處於既微妙又緊張的關係，前者教學，後者研究？二是如果科技大學旨在培養科技人才，那麼科技大學是否就該偏向「科技統治」，或是根本忽略人文社會知識的課程？三、審視通識教育的重心並不僅僅是知識傳授，還應該包括人格特質、價值觀的養成，以及跨域對話的素養。最終，則建議將STS理念融入通識課程，此不但是專業間的融合，同時也是專業科際整合與通識理念的融通。

關鍵字

科技與社會STS ； 環境科技 ； 人文社會 ； 通識教育 ； 跨域對話

並列摘要

STS (Science, Technology and Society/Science, Technology Studies) is a new interdisciplinary study in Taiwan. The concept of STS originated from England and became popular during 1980s in America. The coming into existence of this discipline indicates the removal of the discrepancy of liberal arts and technology, the so-called 'two cultures' in the past, and it also means the fusion of the two in an interdisciplinary view. This article begins with the discussion of the meanings of STS, and then to be followed by an example drawn from the interdisciplinary project of STS in VNU sponsored by the MOE to explore the fusion of the STS into the curriculum design and practice of the general education, with a view to 1) removing the discrepancy of the 'two cultures' and reflecting on the status of technological universities in the higher educational system in sense of whether there is a tension between the technological universities and the general universities as to the question if the former should focus on teaching activities while the latter on research; 2) answering the question that if technological universities are supposed to cultivate technical professionals, they should just stick to technology and even simply ignore liberal arts education; and 3) assessing the core of general education as not only the matter of teaching and learning of knowledge, but also the cultivation of character, values, ability of interdisciplinary dialogues and personal dispositions. Finally, the study suggests that general education should absorb STS courses in that it is the blending of varied disciplines as well as the fusion of different expertise.

並列關鍵字

STS ； environmental technology ； liberal arts and social sciences ； general education ； interdisciplinary dialogue