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This collection of 20 papers represents the work of 24 authors with a variety of perspectives on the growth of the science, technology and society movement in the United States in the past 10 years. These essays are seen as a representative sample of the work of the movement. Divided into four sections, Section 1, "General Science, Technology and Society Studies," includes: (1) "The Policy Discourse of STS: STS as an Issue Area and Interaction Network" (Lars Fuglsang); (2) "Public Perception Issues: Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology" (Charles Hagedorn; Susan Allender-Hagedorn); (3) "Controversies over Evolution and Creationism: Toward a Postmodern Historiography of Science" (Michael Seltzer); (4) "Mathematics: An Important Interface Language for STS" (Glenda R. Haynie; W. James Haynie); (5) "Women and Genes: Finding the Right Fit" (Deborah Blizzard); and (6) "Community or Commodity? Reconsidering the Environmental Movements in Taiwan" (Shih-Jung Hsu; John Byrne). Section 2, "Science, Technology and Society Collegiate Programs," contains: (1) "Teaching Information Self-sufficiency in the Academic Disciplines: A Three-tiered Approach" (Deborah S. Grealy; Lorraine Evans); (2) "Integrating Ethics into Undergraduate Research: The NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program" (R. Eugene Mellican); (3) "A Multimedia Approach to Computer Ethics" (Frances K. Bailie); (4) "Development of an Undergraduate Environmental Curriculum in Bangladesh" (Cub Kahn); (5) "What We Learn from Role Playing in an STS Activity" (Cheng-Hsia Wang); (6) "An STS Activity--Ozone Depletion" (Cheng-Hsia Wang); (7) "The Chinese Reforms and the Rationalization of Environmental Dispute Resolution" (Abigail R. Jahiel); and (8) Physics: Concepts and Connections" (Art Hobson). Section 3, "Science, Technology and Society in K-12 Education," includes: (1) "Available, Ready To Explore" (Bernice Hauser); (2) "High School Students' and Teachers' STS Outlook Profiles. Are There Gender Differences?" (Uri Zoller; David Ben-Chaim); and (3) "How a City Works: A Professional Development Institute for Teachers" (Debra Aczel and others). Section 4, "Technologies, Boundaries, and Realities: Dancing on the Borders of Human and Machine," contains: (1) "A Deconstructive Demi-dance" (Suzanne K. Damarin); (2) "Women Computer Scientists" (Linda Condron); (3) "The Paradox of Technology for Persons with Disabilities" (Jan Johnson); and (4) "Yellow Roses: The Case against the Name 'Virtual Reality'" (C. Allen Shaffer). (EH)

The following papers are included in these proceedings: "Weaving Technology and Human Affairs" (B. Hazeltine); "Positivist and Constructivist Understandings about Science and Their Implications for STS Teaching and Learning" (B. Reeves; C. Ney); "A Modular Conceptual Framework for Technology and Work" (D. Blandow); "A Time of Uncertainty: The Impact of the Open-ended Time Frame on Biomedical Ethics" (P. di Virgilo); "Frozen Rhetoric? Public Impact on the Ice-minus Field Trials" (S. Hagedorn); "Beyond the Right to Die: Reality Versus Abstract Issues" (R. Mellican); "Technology Adoption and Sub-Sahara African Agriculture: the Sustainable Development Option" (B. Durosomo); "Environmental Commodification and the Industrialization of Native American Lands" (J. Byrne, S. Hoffman; C. Martinez); "A Structural Approach to the Environmental Crisis: Energy, Environment, and Underdevelopment" (K. Ham; R. Wykoff); "After Eve: Various Women's Approaches to Religion, Values, and Science" (M. Hunt); "A Meditation on Fate and Destiny in a Technological Age" (B. Waters); "Developing Intellectual Processes through Technology Education" (S. Johnson); "Problem Solving in Science, Technology, and Society Education within a Middle-Level Science Curriculum" (W. Peruzzi; D. Cheek); "Robotics: STS Curriculum Strands Integrated with Language Arts and Social Studies for Middle/Secondary Students" (A. Stomfay-Stitz); "Science Fairs for Young Children?" (B. Hauser); "Ten Years Later: Have Opinions about the Environment Changed? A Survey of High School Students 1980 and 1990" (J. Barr);"Research, Innovation, and Project Work for Students and Teachers in Secondary Schools in Slovenia" (S. Zakrajsek); "Coupling Teacher Inservice and Student Science Training Programs" (J. Tashiro; D. Elbert-May; P. Rowland); "A National Comparative Analysis of Minority Pre-Service Teachers in Mathematics and Science" (J. Bazler; M. Gonzalez); "Looking at the Earth in New Ways" (M. Passow; D. Kitzmiller; M. Krohn); "Project 2061: A Working Model" (J. Bazler; M. Charles); "Science, Technology, and Political Choice: Part of the Undergraduate Curriculum" (M. Sage); "Identity and Commitment: Information, Rhetoric, and the Recruitment and Retention of Female Engineering Students" (J. Croissant); "Ethics in the Engineering Curriculum" (M. Alfano); "Using Concepts of Technology to Enhance a Writing Assignment" (J. Renzelman); and "Natural Resource Management for 'Autonomy': Lessons on 'Community' through Environmental Education Simulations" (J. Hamilton' G. Vahoviak). The conference program also is included. (DB)

This document contains the text of 50 papers presented at a national conference that focused on the relationships among science, technology, and society (STS). Most of the papers presented featured one of five major thematic areas around which the National Association for Science, Technology and Society is organized: education and information; environment; health and biomedicine; moral, ethical, and philosophical perspectives; and technology, industry, and work. Several papers focused on the special theme of the conference: "Broadening Participation in Science, Technology and Medicine" (the STS community needs to encourage further participation by and seek out perspectives on women, minorities, and the international community in STS studies). The papers are divided into three main sections: broadening participation, the nature of STS and STS interactions, and education from kindergarten through post-secondary and beyond. A complete conference program also is included. (DB)

Forty-four papers by 65 authors from the proceedings of a conference concerning issues in the emerging field of science, technology, and society education are included in this document. The papers are organized into three groupings: philosophical and research issues, underrepresented minorities in science and technology, and education from kindergarten through post-secondary and beyond. These groupings reflect the five themes of these recent conferences: education and information; technology, industry, and work; environment; health and bio-medicine; and moral, ethical, and philosophical perspectives. (DB)