My previous IAE Blog entry briefly discussed “Teaching science and technology in the context of societal and personal issues." See http://www.i-a-e.org/iae-blog/teaching-science-and-technology-in-the-context-of-societal-and-personal-issues.html?blogger=Dave+Moursund.
This discussion was based on a November, 2010, position paper from the National Association of Science Teachers. The NSTA position paper helps to clarify the educational challenge discussed in an earlier article: