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Science and technology are crucial drivers of economic development, impacting health, education, and infrastructure, particularly in developing countries. They transform business practices and societal interactions, while also being influenced by societal values and priorities. The relationship between science and society is reciprocal, with each shaping the other.

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Science and technology are crucial drivers of economic development, impacting health, education, and infrastructure, particularly in developing countries. They transform business practices and societal interactions, while also being influenced by societal values and priorities. The relationship between science and society is reciprocal, with each shaping the other.

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THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY
THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
1.alter the way people live, connect, communicate and
transact, with profound effects on economic development.
2.key drivers to development, because technological and
scientific revolutions underpin economic advances,
improvements in health systems, education and
infrastructure.
3.The technological revolutions of the 21st century are
emerging from entirely new sectors, based on micro-
processors, tele-communications, bio-technology and nano-
technology. Products are transforming business practices
across the economy, as well as the lives of all who have
access to their effects. The most remarkable breakthroughs
will come from the interaction of insights and applications
4.have the power to better the lives of poor people in
developing countries
5.differentiators between countries that are able to
tackle poverty effectively by growing and developing
their economies, and those that are not.
6. engine of growth
7.interventions for cognitive enhancement, proton
cancer therapy and genetic engineering
SOCIET
Y

 The sum total of our interactions as humans,


including the interactions that we engage in to
figure things out and to make things
 a group of individuals involved in persistent social
interaction, or a large social group sharing the
same geographical or social territory, typically
subject to the same political authority and
dominant cultural expectations.
WHAT DOES SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
MEAN?

 Science and technology studies, or science,


technology and society studies (STS) is the study
of how society, politics, and culture affect scientific
research and technological innovation, and how
these, in turn, affect society, politics and culture.
HOW SCIENCE CAN
HAVE AN EFFECT
ON
SOCIETY?
HOW SCIENCE CAN HAVE AN EFFECT ON
SOCIETY?
 Science influences society through its
knowledge and world view. Scientific
knowledge and the procedures used by
scientists influence the way many individuals in
society think about themselves, others, and the
environment.
 The effect of science on society is neither

entirely beneficial nor entirely detrimental.


WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY?
 The impact of science and technology on society
is evident. But society also influences science.
 There are social influences on the direction and

emphasis of scientific and technological


development, through pressure groups on
specific issues, and through generally accepted
social views, values and priorities
Answer in ½ crosswise

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