WISE+Issues

=WISE (STSE) Issues =  ‘ STEPWISE ’ is an educational framework that links science and technology learning domains to WISE Activism ; that is, actions students may take to address WISE Issues. These issues arise from perceptions of problems pertaining to the //nature of fields of science and/or technology // (NoST ) and/or relationships among fields of //science and technology and societies and environments // ( STSE ). This page is a place where STEPWISE members can learn about and revise a list of WISE issues for inclusion in STEPWISE education - particularly in terms of choices people can make for themselves and in terms of promotion of positive personal, social and/or environmental change. More information about WISE Issues can be found here. Pages listed in **bold** contain lesson and unit plans that STEPWISE working group members have created. Lists of issues similar to those below are provided at: [|STSE-SI Issues_List.doc].

STSE-based WISE Issues
Many issues stemming from a critical analysis of STSE relationships pertain to problems that products of science & technology may have on societies and environments, including those in each of the categories below. For issues about which we have many resources, we have linked the text below to separate pages on this wiki.


 * < ====**//Foods & Beverages//**====

//** General Resources: **//
 * ** CSPI. **

**Specific Issues:**
General Resources:
 * Genetically-modified Foods and Crops
 * School Cafeterias.
 * Food Additives
 * //Sugar//
 * //Salt//
 * //Colourings & Flavourings//
 * //Preservatives//
 * **//Trans-fats//**
 * //Vitamins//
 * //Caffeine//
 * Health Foods
 * Organic Food s ||< ====**//Pharmacological Agents (Drugs)//**====

||< ===//Transportation//=== General Resources: ** // Specific Issues: // **
 * alcohol
 * marijuana
 * nicotine
 * cocaine
 * prescription medications; e.g., Drugging Children ;
 * ecstasy
 * //The Oil Drum//

General Resources: Specific Issues:
 * cars
 * trucks
 * planes
 * shipping
 * globalization
 * carbon dioxide
 * **bicycles**
 * **hydrogen fuel cells** ||
 * < ====//**Electronics**//====
 * Techno- and Socio-determinism
 * **cell phones**
 * personal music players and organizers
 * video games
 * television
 * movies
 * disposal

||< ====**//Popular Culture & Entertainment//**==== General Resources:
 * Mind Power (subliminal advertising).
 * Data-mining & Privacy.

Specific Issues:
 * television programmes:
 * movies (home entertainment, theatres)
 * magazines
 * social networking websites (i.e. Facebook)

||< ===//Recreation//=== General Resources:

Specific Issues: || General Resources:
 * watercraft (e.g., boats, personal water craft): personal water craft.
 * snow vehicles
 * personal exercise machines
 * < ===//Health & Beauty Aids//===

Specific Issues: ||< ===//Resource Extraction//=== General Resources:
 * plastic surgery
 * cosmetics: Cosmetic Companies
 * vitamins and supplements: Multivitamins
 * perfumes & colognes
 * tanning salons
 * [|Story of Stuff]
 * **Story of Stuff lesson plans**

Specific Issues:
 * mining
 * forestry
 * fishing
 * farming
 * water crisis

||< ===//Biotechnology//=== General Resources: Specific Issues: ||
 * Action BioScience
 * genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
 * prosthetic limbs
 * organ transplantation
 * animal to human transplants: Science Daily News ;
 * ===//Education//===

General Resources:
 * Globalization & Education

Specific Issues:
 * Elitism
 * Consumerist Orientation
 * Commercialization || ===//Labour//===

General Resources:

Specific Issues:
 * Work-Leisure Ratio . || ===//Financial Services//===

General Resources:

Specific Issues:
 * Credit/bank cards . ||
 * //**Living things / Ecology**//

[|Invasive Species] ||  ||   ||

NoST-based WISE Issues
Many WISE issues stem from a critical analysis of NoST.

General Resources:

Specific Issues:
 * The integrity of practices and products in fields of science and technology can be compromised through business-science partnerships: Corrupted Science