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Managing Technology in Society

Author : Arie Rip
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Managing Technology in Society written by Arie Rip and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1995 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fateful conceptual gap separates the policy makers and managers charged with promoting technology, and the risk and technology assessors responsible for controlling it. This hampers the effective use of many new technologies, and prevents the development of others. The strategy of constructive technology assessment (CTA) addresses this gap through facilitating societal learning processes, and proposing a shared responsibility for the promotion and control of new technologies." "Combining analysis of both cases and concepts, Managing Technology in Society confronts the underdevelopment of innovative potential for achieving goals of wealth, sustainability and safety. Factors that block change, as well as conditions for successful learning are identified in a wide-ranging selection of cases that encompass biotechnology, clean technologies, information and medical technologies. The contributors build on the convergence of recent theories on technical change within economics, sociology and the history of technology, to offer suggestions for CTA action, and so create a new paradigm of managing technology in society."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Bridges between Science, Society and Policy

Author : Michael Decker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662061716
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Bridges between Science, Society and Policy written by Michael Decker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Europaische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-techni scher Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH (european academy) is con cerned with the scientific study of the consequences of scientific and technological advance for the individual and social life and for the natural environment. The main focus is to examine foreseeable mid-and long-term processes that are especially influenced by natural-and engineering sciences and the medical disciplines. The academy fulfills this task by organizing interdisciplinary expert discussions. Another important issue of the work of the Europaische Akademie concerns the methodology of Technology Assessment as a general issue. This is the main reason that the european academy organized during the past two years a project funded by the European Commission on Technology Assessment. Methods and Impact (TAMI). Together with partners from all over Europe a common understanding of what Tech nology Assessment (TA) is supposed to do was developed. Most importantly it was acknowledged that the core of any TA activity has to be a sound scientific under standing of the relevant phenomena. Communication then is of cordial importance to reach the relevant decision makers as well as the general public. It is true that this phase of the TA process has been treated with too little attention for many years. The communication processes between scientific advisers and policy makers have hence to be further scrutinized.

Technology Assessment in Practice and Theory

Author : Armin Grunwald
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429809697
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Technology Assessment in Practice and Theory written by Armin Grunwald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological advance affects almost all areas of human life. Rapid digitization, increased mobility, new biotechnologies, and nanotechnology deeply influence, amongst others, industrial production, entertainment, work, military affairs, and individual life. Besides overwhelmingly positive effects on wealth, comfort, innovation, and development, this also raises questions of unintended effects, of tensions with democracy, of the role of citizens, and of its sustainability facing environmental issues. Tools and procedures are needed to cope with this challenging situation. Technology assessment (TA) has been developed more than fifty years ago to enable science, the economy, and society to harvest the potential of new technology to the maximum extent possible and to deal responsibly with possible adverse effects. It was developed more than 50 years ago in the U.S. Congress and has diversified considerably in the meantime. Parliamentary TA in many European states and at the international level, participatory TA at the local and regional levels worldwide, and TA as part of engineering processes are the most relevant fields today. Technology assessment is a growing field of interdisciplinary research and scientific policy advice. This volume (a) gives an overview of motivations of TA, its history and its current practices, (b) develops a fresh theoretical perspective on TA rooted in social theory and philosophy, and (c) draws conclusions from the theoretical perspective for the further development of TA’s practices. It provides the first comprehensive view on the growing field of TA at the international level.

Society and the Assessment of Technology

Author : François Hetman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Society and the Assessment of Technology written by François Hetman and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Medical Technology Assessment Directory

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309038294
Total Pages : 709 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Medical Technology Assessment Directory written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1988-02-01 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, a single reference identifies medical technology assessment programs. A valuable guide to the field, this directory contains more than 60 profiles of programs that conduct and report on medical technology assessments. Each profile includes a listing of report citations for that program, and all the reports are indexed under major subject headings. Also included is a cross-listing of technology assessment report citations arranged by type of technology headings, brief descriptions of approximately 70 information sources of potential interest to technology assessors, and addresses and descriptions of 70 organizations with memberships, activities, publications, and other functions relevant to the medical technology assessment community.

Technology and Society

Author : David M. Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780528680168
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Technology and Society written by David M. Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vision Assessment: Shaping Technology in 21st Century Society

Author : John Grin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642597025
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Book Synopsis Vision Assessment: Shaping Technology in 21st Century Society by : John Grin

Download or read book Vision Assessment: Shaping Technology in 21st Century Society written by John Grin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One way to shape technology and its embedding in society in the 21st century is through the visions that guide their development, especially concerning the long-term societal perspective. A critical discussion and assessment of these visions is a prerequisite for influencing the course of development. Technology assessment, therefore, has to provide a methodological repertoire for assessing and constructing visions, taking into account the requirements for long-term orientation as well as the need for public legitimation. This volume draws upon insights from technology assessment, political sciences, epistemology, sociology and ethics. It is to contribute to the recent literature in on "shaping technology", taking into account the "co-evolution of technology and society". It connects to that technology assessment literature that emphasises TA's pro-active role and its contribution to political judgement.

The Uses of Sociology

Author : Paul Felix Lazarsfeld
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 996 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Uses of Sociology written by Paul Felix Lazarsfeld and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Assessing the Impacts of Technology on Society

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : available from OECD Publications and Sales Center]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Assessing the Impacts of Technology on Society written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : available from OECD Publications and Sales Center]. This book was released on 1983 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Methodological Guidelines for Social Assessment of Technology

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Methodological Guidelines for Social Assessment of Technology written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Technologies & Society

Author : Ron Westrum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Technologies & Society written by Ron Westrum and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shaping of people and things; Theory; Marx's theory of technology; The ogburn generation; Recent theoretical approaches; Originators and managers of technology; Inventors and inventions; Invention as a social process; The role of designers in technology; Innovation: invetions and institutions; The sponsorship of technology; How sponsors evolve; Users of technology; The technology / user interface; Adapting and tinkering; Technological accidents; The distancing effects of technology; Monitoring technology: shaping the present and the future; social control of technologies; Technology assessment; Foresight and social intelligence; Index.

From World3 to the Social Assessment of Technology

Author : José Sanmartín
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book From World3 to the Social Assessment of Technology written by José Sanmartín and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Technology Assessment

Author : Raphael G. Kasper
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Technology Assessment written by Raphael G. Kasper and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1972 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Knowing What Students Know

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309293227
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Knowing What Students Know written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-10-27 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education is a hot topic. From the stage of presidential debates to tonight's dinner table, it is an issue that most Americans are deeply concerned about. While there are many strategies for improving the educational process, we need a way to find out what works and what doesn't work as well. Educational assessment seeks to determine just how well students are learning and is an integral part of our quest for improved education. The nation is pinning greater expectations on educational assessment than ever before. We look to these assessment tools when documenting whether students and institutions are truly meeting education goals. But we must stop and ask a crucial question: What kind of assessment is most effective? At a time when traditional testing is subject to increasing criticism, research suggests that new, exciting approaches to assessment may be on the horizon. Advances in the sciences of how people learn and how to measure such learning offer the hope of developing new kinds of assessments-assessments that help students succeed in school by making as clear as possible the nature of their accomplishments and the progress of their learning. Knowing What Students Know essentially explains how expanding knowledge in the scientific fields of human learning and educational measurement can form the foundations of an improved approach to assessment. These advances suggest ways that the targets of assessment-what students know and how well they know it-as well as the methods used to make inferences about student learning can be made more valid and instructionally useful. Principles for designing and using these new kinds of assessments are presented, and examples are used to illustrate the principles. Implications for policy, practice, and research are also explored. With the promise of a productive research-based approach to assessment of student learning, Knowing What Students Know will be important to education administrators, assessment designers, teachers and teacher educators, and education advocates.

Futures of Science and Technology in Society

Author : Arie Rip
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3658217545
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Futures of Science and Technology in Society written by Arie Rip and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longer-term developments shape the present and endogenous futures of institutions and practices of science and technology in society and their governance. Understanding the patterns allows diagnosis and soft intervention, often linked to scenario exercises. The book collects six articles offering key examples of this perspective, addressing ongoing issues in the governance of science and technology, including nanotechnology and responsible research and innovation. And adds two more articles that address background philosophical issues.

Society and the Assessment of Technology ; Premises, Conceptions, Methodology, Experiments, Areas of Application

Author : François Hetman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Society and the Assessment of Technology ; Premises, Conceptions, Methodology, Experiments, Areas of Application written by François Hetman and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Intervening in the Brain

Author : Reinhard Merkel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540464778
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Intervening in the Brain written by Reinhard Merkel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-28 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wealth of insights into the brain’s functioning gained by neuroscience in recent years led to the development of new possibilities for intervening in the brain such as neurotransplantation, neural prostheses and brain stimulation techniques. Moreover, new and safer classes of psychopharmaceutical drugs lend themselves to neuroenhancement applications, i.e. they could be used to enhance cognitive capacities or emotional well-being without therapeutic need. This book offers extensive state-of-the-art accounts for these novel kinds of intervention, indicates future developments, and discusses the relevant philosophical, ethical and legal issues.