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ERIC Number: EJ249189
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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The Public Understanding of Science Effort: A Critique.
Trachtman, Leon E.
Science, Technology, and Human Values, v6 n36 p10-15 Sum 1981
Questions whether a variety of institutions and organizations should adopt as specific policies the goal of interpreting science and technology to the general public. Suggests that there are occasions in which an increase in public understanding of science may fail to be socially constructive and actually damaging. (CS)
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Government Role, Higher Education, Mass Instruction, Organizations (Groups), Science Education, Scientific Enterprise, Scientific Literacy, Scientists, Technological Advancement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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