Argues that teaching technology without reference to the human need which calls for it gives students the wrong idea about the nature of technology and hides the importance of testing artifacts for operation in the relevant environment. Contains 40 references. (DDR)

Science In a Social CONtext is a series of eight books based on the project SISCON-in-Schools. The books provide a new course in science and society for general studies at sixth-form level. The course has been specially designed to make scientific problems accessible to the non-scientist, as well as to explain the social aspects of science to the…