The Nature of Science and Technology in the treatment of Foodborne Diseases (FD) in the subjects of “Health and Adolescence” , “Chemistry Basics”and “Environment, Development and Society”

Abstract

A documentary analysis of the curricular designs (CD) is presented in relation to the teaching objectives of three subjects of the secondary school of the Province of Buenos Aires (Argentina), “Health and Adolescence” (H&A), “Chemistry Basics” (CB) and “Environment, Development and Society ”(ED&S). In the first place, a general analysis was carried out of each subject and then, of those contents that are related to Foodborne Diseases (FD). The contents of Nature of Science and Technology (NOS&T) that include these curricular designs were analyzed and, according to the taxonomy used, it was found that all learning objectives are associated with NOS&T, the contents of External Sociology of Science (ESS) in the topic Influence of Science and Technology on Society and several sub-themes: Social Responsibility, Social Decisions, Social Problems, Problem Solving, Contribution to Social Thought and Social Strengthening. In the particular case of CB, although ESS contents is also included, many of the objectives are related to the epistemological axis. All this is related to the central objectives of each subject on health care and the environment, which allows contextualizing the contents of science of different disciplines in an interdisciplinary way. Also, when analyzing the contents of NOS&T around the approach of the FD, it has been found that they are presented as a topic to work on the influence of Science and Technology on society and more specifically, the category of Resolution of social problems.