Volume 42 - 1999-01-31

Moral and Citizenship Education : The STS Approach

科學-技術-社會(STS)的「道德與公民」課程

Author：
Pi-chun Wu / 吳璧純
Keyword：
STS、Moral Education、Citizenship education / 道德教育、公民教育
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The purpose of this article is to propose an alternative approach toward moral and citizenship education. The approach is named “STS” moral and citizenship education， which is derived from science education. STS (Science/Technology/Society) in science education provides broader and deeper educational aims of the science education than those of the traditional one. STS also provides several teaching and learning strategies， which make science education progressive. However， owing to the “science-centered” STS education， the aims in STS science education regarding ethical issues， decision-making， and social action are not easy to achieve. Therefore， after exploring what STS is， and discussing what should moral and citizenship education be， STS' moral and citizenship education is proposed.