This course is a parallel course to 182A, intended for students interested in teaching elementary or secondary school science and math. Students in the "T" course will attend the regular 182A lectures and a special section; this section will focus on techniques, skills, and perspectives necessary to apply the history of science in the juvenile and adolescent science classroom, including pedagogy, devising lesson plans for their classrooms, finding reliable historical information, and writing.

History 182A provides a foundation with which students can understand the complex interactions of science, technology, and the social world. Students will develop knowledge and analytical tools to grapple with a wide variety of topics in this area including the interaction between digital technologies and society, the ethical issues of medical technologies, the political dimension of climate change, the interaction between technology and the law, and the history of modern technology. This course provides a strong foundation for the new Minor in STS, a multidisciplinary field with a signature capacity to rethink the relationship among science, technology, and political and social life. The course will proceed in two parts. In the first half of the course, we will focus on major themes and issues in the field and assess strengths and weaknesses of leading theories and research methodologies. In the second half of the course, we will think about these problems on the grounds of, and via the apertures afforded by recent areas, terms, and other foci that have come to the forefront in our field. From climate change to population genomics, access to medicines and the impact of new media, the problems of our time are simultaneously scientific and social, technological and political, ethical and economic. Running parallel to History 182A is History 182AT, intended for students interested in teaching elementary or secondary school science and math. Students in the "T" course will attend the regular 182A lectures and a special section; this section will focus on techniques, skills, and perspectives necessary to apply the history of science in the juvenile and adolescent science classroom, including pedagogy, devising lesson plans for their classrooms, finding reliable historical information, and writing. History 182AT satisfies a requirement for the Cal Teach minor and counts toward a State of California teaching credential. If you are interested in History 182AT, please contact Geral Lowe, CalTeach Student Services Coordinator, at: geral@berkeley.edu. Instructor bio: Instructor bio: Hannah Zeavin is a Lecturer in the Department of English at UC Berkeley, affiliated with the University of California at Berkeley Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU in 2018. She works as a media historian with particular expertise in the intertwined histories of communication, technology, and medicine. Her new book, The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy, is a transnational social history of mediated therapies from Freud's letters to apps for smartphones.

Students interested in enrolling in 182AT should contact Geral Lowe, CalTeach Student Services Coordinator, at: geral@berkeley.edu.

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Course is not repeatable for credit.

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