Science and Technology Education and Future Human Needs: v. 1

Science and technology, together with their teaching through the various types of formal and nonformal education, constitute an essential factor in improving the material and cultural conditions of people's lives and are a priority objective of cultural development. Science and Technology Education and Future Human Needs is the introductory volume in a nine-volume series concerned with different aspects of science and technology education at all levels, commissioned by the Committee of the Teaching of Science at the International Council of Scientific Unions. Each of the subsequent volumes addresses one of eight interdisciplinary topics, identified as essential for development: health; food and agriculture; energy resources; industry and technology; the environment; information transfer and technology, and ethics and social responsibility in science education. This volume provides a history of the international movement which culminated in the series and deals with some of the major issues which provided a background and stimulus to much of the work. Finally it examines ways in which these activities may serve as a springboard for innovation and future development.