SLE209 - Science and Society
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Adam Cardilini |
| Prerequisite: | Must have passed 4 credit points |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 1 hour seminar per fortnight, or 1 x 1 hour campus seminar per fortnight.
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Content
Students often see science as a set of facts and not as a process for making sense of the natural and physical world. Today’s science is built on ways of thinking that were developed centuries ago. The purpose of this unit is for students to develop knowledge of the history and philosophy of science and the relationship between science and the society. Students will review controversies in science, examine science as a human endeavour, explore different values and attitudes to science and explain how science influences our world. Learning assessment activities in this unit will allow students to recognise the evolution of science and its role in the advancement of our society. Students will research, collect and analyse information around how people enact science from discovery through to practice, through to application, through to understanding. They will learn the importance of the scientific process, and methods in the development ideas and theories.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Explain the nature and processes of scientific knowledge construction using historical and contemporary theories. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Articulate ways in which science has impacted on society at different times in history. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
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| ULO3 | Express a considered view about how society values scientific and non-scientific knowledge including developing and demonstrating understandings of the way that scientific knowledge relates to other forms of knowledge. | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO4 | Construct explanations, form opinions and use judgments based on evidence to develop critical arguments on issues in science and society. | GLO2: Communication |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Weekly quizzes | Weekly online quizzes | 20% | Weeks 2-8 |
| Individual report to a media group | Written report approximately 600-words, or 3-5 minute presentation | 30% | Week 8 |
| Learning portfolio | Portfolio | 50% | Weeks 5 and 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SLE209 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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