naa a22 4500 510778534 CHVBK 20180411083239.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11948-012-9407-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11948-012-9407-2 The Scientist's Education and a Civic Conscience [Elektronische Daten] [Kelling Donald, Jeffrey Kovac] A civic science curriculum is advocated. We discuss practical mechanisms for (and highlight the possible benefits of) addressing the relationship between scientific knowledge and civic responsibility coextensively with rigorous scientific content. As a strategy, we suggest an in-course treatment of well known (and relevant) historical and contemporary controversies among scientists over science policy or the use of sciences. The scientific content of the course is used to understand the controversy and to inform the debate while allowing students to see the role of scientists in shaping public perceptions of science and the value of scientific inquiry, discoveries and technology in society. The examples of the activism of Linus Pauling, Alfred Nobel and Joseph Rotblat as scientists and engaged citizens are cited. We discuss the role of science professors in informing the social conscience of students and consider ways in which a treatment of the function of science in society may find, coherently, a meaningful space in a science curriculum at the college level. Strategies for helping students to recognize early the crucial contributions that science can make in informing public policy and global governance are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2012 Science education nationallicence Curriculum nationallicence Social responsibility nationallicence Donald Kelling Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, 23173, Richmond, VA, USA aut Kovac Jeffrey Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 37996-1600, Knoxville, TN, USA aut Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/3(2013-09-01), 1229-1240 1353-3452 19:3<1229 2013 19 11948 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-012-9407-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-012-9407-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Donald Kelling Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, 23173, Richmond, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kovac Jeffrey Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 37996-1600, Knoxville, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/3(2013-09-01), 1229-1240 1353-3452 19:3<1229 2013 19 11948 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer