STS Module 2
STS Module 2
STS Module 2
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1. Articulate ways by which society is to science and technology
transformed by Science &
Technology.
2. Explain how Intellectual
Revolutions changed the way how
humans see the world
3. Describe the technological
advancements that happened in
the Information Age.
Learning Activities
I . UNCOVER – Think About This Question!
Do you know that the world does not revolve around you? Prove your answer
II. BRAINSTORM:
A. WHAT IS INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION
This is also known as the scientific revolution which began in the mid-16th century, and
it ended as an intellectual revolution or the period of Enlightenment in the 18th century.
Why enlightenment? You remember that before the 16th century, the life of people,
especially Europeans, center on religion. Everything that happens around was
explained by priests, friars, and they also interfere in government affairs. Eventually, this
was a change. Scientists, writers, scholars, and social reformers gained a significant
role, they believed that science and reason and not religion could solve major problems
facing society. (Zaide, 2015).
This progressive change was brought by economic and cultural aspects, the
Renaissance period did influence thinkers to explore the world of knowledge. Rebirth of
learning and spirit of inquiry, an increase of universities and schools produced more
scholars and literate people and were eager to teach, write and share knowledge,
printed books and newspaper led to the information explosion, increase of rich patrons,
middle-class sponsored scientists and investors, economic prosperity and discovery of
new lands led to material wealth and a desire for possessions. During the 16th and 17th
century a new view of nature emerged, science became an autonomous discipline in
which it transformed societal views about nature. The change to the medieval concepts
of science happened for four reasons: collaboration, the derivation of new experimental
methods, the ability to build on the legacy of existing scientific philosophy, and
institutions that enabled academic publishing. In the early times, people questioned
what created days and nights. They wanted to understand what heavenly bodies like
stars, moons, and planets are. The invention of the telescope allowed the people to take
a peek at the outer space, but more importantly, it also intrigued them to know what was
out there.
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B. COPERNICAN REVOLUTION
Nicolas Copernicus's work on the heliocentric model of the solar system tried to
demonstrate that the sun was the center of the universe. He published “On the
revolution of Heavenly Bodies,” challenge Ptolemy’s idea that the earth was the center
of the universe. Not many scholars accepted his findings because Copernicus did not
provide enough proof to prove his radical claims. The discoveries of Johannes Kepler
and Galileo Galilei gave the theory credibility and the work culminated in Isaac Newton’s
“Principia”, which formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation that dominated
scientist’s view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. (Lumen Boundless
History, n.d.)
C. DARWINIAN REVOLUTION
The Darwinian revolution was considered to be one of the most controversial intellectual
revolutions of its time. The Book of Charles Darwin in 1859, entitled, “On the Origin of
Species, he introduced the Theory of Evolution. The theory posited that populations
pass through a process of natural selection in which only the fittest would survive.
D. FREUDIAN REVOLUTION
discovery of a way of locating in the mind objective entities which can be studied like
physical things. Sigmund Freud developed the psychoanalytic theory of personality
development, which argued that personality is formed through conflicts among three
fundamental structures of the human mind: the id, ego, and superego. (Zaide, 2015)
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Directions.
1. Search for one contributor to modern science
2. Make a PowerPoint presentation and post in LMS.
3. Prepare to share your work in our discussion.
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