A menu dish name can even sneer, as well as promising gustatory pleasure, interesting mouthfeel, communion with nature, ethical responsibility, science at your service, relaxed and willing sacrificial meat, and a fish that does not sound trashy; and in doing all this it attributes, very flatteringly, subtle powers of discrimination to the prospective eater himself.
All three teachers believed it was their responsibility as science teachers to "teach the science" and not necessarily dwell on the religious aspects to which evolutionary theory is linked.
Such an approach, focusing on the establishment and maintenance of trustworthiness, would necessarily be aligned with broad societal norms and values, embody the collective responsibility of science and society, and would be responsive and dynamic.
Moreover, he was a leader in emphasizing the social responsibility of science.
Social responsibility in science communication is the answer.
In the 1960s UNESCO, as the UN agency with responsibility for science, developed a new programme dealing with human-biosphere interactions — the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme.
They frame discussions about life and the living in terms of reading/writing/editing, designing/engineering and mass production, thus emphasising the power, but not really the responsibility, of science and scientists.
It also takes exception to what it calls the administration's plans to "shift a greater responsibility" for science, technology, engineering, and math education to the Department of Education, arguing that NSF's "world-class" expertise in those areas should not be ignored.
The peers want the civil servant with responsibility for science spending, Sir John O'Reilly, to bring together the research funders, industry and other key organisations that make large investments in laboratories and equipment, such as the Wellcome Trust, and work out what the national priorities should be and then to draw up a coherent strategy.
Prior to joining USITW, Sue was the Executive Director of Student Pugwash USA, a national organization promoting social responsibility in science and technology through campus-based chapters, seminars and conferences, and online publications.
Proponents of the Common Core have argued that reading non-fiction texts must be a responsibility of science and social studies classes also, leaving English classes with space for literature aplenty.
