Social sciences

Science is defined as ‘the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure of behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment’ by the Oxford dictionary (Oxford Dictionary 2015). As an early childhood practitioner, this makes me reflect on what exactly is science and how is it appropriate in the early childhood classroom. I understand that science means different things to different people. Some, like me, regard it as just…

understand is examining the relationship between science and religion. Jeeves and Brown suggest that science and religion interact in two ways, either in warfare against one another or in partnership. Similarly, last semester in physical chemistry class I read a book addressing the nature of the relationship between science and religion. The book, entitled The Flaw in the Universe by Adrian Hough, presented four theories describing the interaction between science and religion. The first theory…

With support from Dr. Charles W. Mills, biologist H. Allen Orr, and anthropologist Agustín Fuentes, he comes to the conclusion that race is a social construct. He presents several justifications by biologist Jerry Coyne along with writers Nicholas Wade and Razib Khan that support the opposite viewpoint before explaining why all evidence “still fails to prove that races are biological” (Appel)…

of interests since its founding. What I particularly appreciate most about this discipline is the comprehensive list of subfields within its branch of division. Psychology is profession, academic study, and applied science that evolved from philosophy, the natural and social sciences, medicine, theology, physics, physiology as well as the liberal arts and humanities. Although, traditionally known as the study…

One – Consilience One of the most pertinent and seminal works written on the relationship between the fields of science and literature within the modern age is irrefutably that of E.O Wilson’s Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. Whilst being a biologist, with a speciality in myrmecology, his discussion of methods to unite the sciences, social sciences, and humanities – to describe the synthesis of knowledge across all fields has been hugely influential in literary criticism and theory. Wilson…

seems every other week there’s a new article on how scientists should escape the ivory tower and reach out to the “general public.” A lack of public trust in scientists is leading to problems such as delayed action on climate change. In many ways, social media has been a boon, allowing scientists to open the door and bring the public into the ivory tower to poke at our pipettes and scales, smell the chemicals and bobcat urine, taste the day-old coffee and stale pizza, and listen to the hissing…

One area in the article that was interesting was the myth that Social Scientists are subject to be bias but Physical scientist are entirely objective. “Recent court findings indicate that some scientists manufactures misrepresented their results to make the drug appear more effective or less likely to have adverse side effects - because they were being paid by the manufacturers” (Hill, 2004). Our understanding of Political Science is important to our understanding of our world around us. Since…

For generations, the sciences in Europe had been very limited and controlled by the Church. However, in the post-Renaissance era of the 17th-18th centuries, the sciences began to flourish in Europe. Many men in the universities of major cities in Europe began conducting experiments and developing theories and and coming up with conclusions. The men had a complete monopoly on scientific discovery during this time period. Eventually women wanted to break into the scientific field as well but were…

greatly promote a public interest in scientific literacy, must take responsibility to report only accurate scientific information in order to diminish the possibility of promoting unsubstantiated science and misleading the public. With the media becoming a profuse vehicle for education, interests in the sciences have grown in the public. However, current coverage on scientific information today is largely obfuscated in the media. That is, today, information displayed through the media readily…

Science is a big part of everyday life. Everything we use throughout the day is based on science. If I were asked what science means to me, I would say it is knowledge. The process of gaining this knowledge is through studying, observing, experiences, and practice. Science is a variety of activities designed to gather and uncover information about anything and everything related to this world. The information gathered is set through experiments to form opinions or facts. All together I believe…