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ERIC Number: EJ509139
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0045-0855
Refrigeration: A Case Study of the Role of Science in Technological Development.
Phillips, Ross
Australian Science Teachers Journal, v40 n3 p42-46 Sep 1994
Technological devices are often used by science teachers to illustrate scientific principles in a way that implies that the devices are simple products of science. The refrigerator is used as an example of a device for which science offers an explanation of its workings, but this should not be seen as the reason why it exists. (15 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Ethics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Technological Advancement
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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