Mapping Controversies (Case Study)

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OEIT

STEM (Sci, Tech, Eng, Math)

Project Themes:

Active Learning

Project Themes:

Open Education

Principal Investigators:

Vincent Lepinay

Contributors:

Molly Ruggles

www.demoscience.org

Mon, 2007-01-01

Tue, 2008-01-01

Lessons Learned:

A course in the STS department uses a dynamic webdirectory to harness the collective intelligence of its students and related researchers.

Introduction
When seeking truth, our society tends to assume that research results and experimental findings are incontrovertible. Yet scientists themselves are constantly disputing each other’s findings. How can something be considered true while it is actively being tested and revised? It is this paradoxical nature of scientific findings that confront students on entering college.

Engineers and scientists of the 21st century must develop an understanding of the political and social dimensions underlying their work. We believe these skills are fundamental to an MIT education, not peripheral.

Vincent Lepinay

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Project Group:

Transmedia Software Applications

Slogan:

"a more sophisticated view of research"

OEIT - scientific controversy

Mapping Controversies (Case Study)