Wolf and Man (eBook)

Evolution in Parallel

Roberta L. Hall, Henry S. Sharp (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
9781483267838 (ISBN)

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Wolf and Man: Evolution in Parallel is a collection of papers that discusses certain crucial attributes of humans including traits that are shared with other social predators. Some papers describe the wolf as the equal of man-the animal is a social hunter of large game, disregards human boundaries and properties, and consume livestock when it is necessary. The wolf's will to survive is as great as that of man, and brings along many resources to the competition. Several papers review the behavior and culture of man, wolf, dog, and the Chipewyan people who hunted caribou. Another paper examines the communication, cognitive mapping, and strategy in wolves and hominids. Hominids have developed cognitive maps, forced by their predation on large animals to cover wider ranges, to communicate and form complex sequences of utterances. One paper notes that the wolf was able to penetrate on every continent except Australia and Africa due to the Australian continent's isolation. In Africa, there is no ecological space for another highly organized social hunter of large game. The collection can be appreciated by anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and scientists involved in paleontology and human evolution.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Science and Technology Education and Future Human Needs 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 12
Foreword 6
Preface 8
Introduction 14
Sir John Kendrew 16
Dr M. Derkatch 18
Science and Technology Education for Society: From Policy to Action 20
THE BANGALORE DECLARATION 27
Part 1: Issues 28
Chapter 1. The Impact of Science on Society: The Challenge for Education 30
Humanising Influence of Science 30
Challenges for Science 32
Science and Food Production: Agricultural Yields 33
Fertilisers 36
Pesticides 37
Science and Health 41
Science and Energy 52
Energy Consumption, Food Supply and Population Growth 59
Science and Politics 65
References 67
Acknowledgements 69
Chapter 2. Teaching the Relevance of Science for Society: The Science in Society Project 70
The Image of Science 70
Relevance to the Needs of Society 71
One attempt to find a solution 72
Decision-making 74
Economics and science teaching 75
Environmental science, health education and other disciplines 76
What might be taugh 76
References 78
Chapter 3. Changing to a Science, Society and Technology Approach 80
Assessing social relevance 82
Some new criteria for social relevance 85
Applying the criteria of social relevance 86
Estimates of changing social relevance 88
Acknowledgements 92
References 93
Chapter 4. Science Education and the Needs of Developing Countries 94
The magnitude of the needs 95
General aims of science education 96
Requirements for meaningful science education 96
Strategies of science education 98
Objectives of science education 98
The role of innovation 99
Conclusion 100
References 100
Chapter 5. Problems of Implementation in Developing Countries 102
Chapter 6. The Balance between Technology and Environment in Development 108
Introduction 108
The Background to Science and Technology in the West Indies 108
The Future of Science and Technology in the West Indies 110
The Risks 111
Chapter 7. A Major Factor in National Development: Nutrition 112
Meaning of National Development 112
Components of National Development 113
The Miseries of Malnutrition 114
Cost of Malnutrition 117
Strategies to Overcome Malnutrition and Progress Towards National Development 118
References 119
Chapter 8. Education for Critical Awareness 120
Episode 120
Relevance 121
Internal Obstacles 122
External Obstacles 124
Solutions 125
References 127
Chapter 9. To Put the Last First 128
Thinking about future human needs 128
Whose needs? 129
First and Last 129
First Biases Against the Last 130
Two Sets of Knowledge 131
Reversals: Three Challenges 132
A Balance 132
A Massive Shift 133
References 134
Part 2: The Products of Bangalore 136
Introduction 138
Contents of Volume 1: Science and Technology Education and Future Human Needs 139
Contents of Volume 2: Ethics and Social Responsibility in Science Education 141
Contents of Volume 3: Education, Industry and Technology 143
Contents of Volume 4: Land, Water and Mineral Resources in Science Education 147
Contents of Volume 5: Education and Health 150
Contents of Volume 6: Food, Agriculture and Education 153
Contents of Volume 7: Energy Resources in Science Education 155
Contents of Volume 8: The Environment and Science and Technology Education 157
Contents of Volume 9: Science Education and Information Transfer 160
Part 3: Beyond Bangalore 162
CHAPTER 10. Beyond Bangalore 164
Implementing Reform 165
Values and Motivation 169
Appendices 172
The International Council of Scientific Unions 174
The ICSU Committee on theTeaching of Science 176
The International Council of Associations for Science Education 179
The Organisation of the Conference 180
Names and Addresses of Participants 182
Index 198

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-13: 9781483267838 / 9781483267838