Article ID: CBB514658187

[What Subjects are Taught in the History of Science and Technology Courses?: Analyzing Text Data of Syllabi in 2016] 科学史・技術史関連科目とはどのような科目か?: 2016年度シラバスのテキストマイニングを手掛かりとして (2018)

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This paper clarifies what subjects and topics are taught in courses on the history of science and technology by analyzing text data of syllabi in Japan from academic year 2016. The author collected 835 different syllabi on the web that were provided by 309 universities in Japan. 63 percent of syllabi were provided by private universities and 31 percent by national universities. 15 universities offered more than 10 courses. Cluster analysis on syllabi reveals that the syllabi can be grouped by these ten topics: the history of technology, nuclear issues, STS, the origin of modern science, the history of astronomy and the Scientific Revolution, the history of medicine, the history of mathematics, the philosophy of science, modern physics, and the history of biology. 32.5 percent of the syllabi refer to science in ancient Greece. Also, almost 30 percent of the syllabi refer to current affairs such as nuclear issues and life science issues. The paradigm theory is taught not only in classes for the history of science, but also in classes for the philosophy of science. The similarity matrix of codes shows that the words which are related to “ancient Greece,” “the history of astronomy,” and “the history of classical mechanics” tend to appear in the same syllabus, and also “the Industrial Revolution,” “technological innovation,” “environmental issues,” and “military issues.” This analysis shows the diversity of the topics in the history of science and technology courses.

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Authors & Contributors
Pickstone, John V.
Duančić, Vedran
Yoichiro, Murakami
Alexander Waszynski
Kato, Shigeo
Youngsoo Kim
Concepts
History of science, as a discipline
History of medicine, as a discipline
History of technology, as a discipline
Philosophy of science
Historiography
Useful knowledge
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
Early modern
Places
Japan
Germany
England
Canada
India
Croatia
Institutions
Tokyo Institute of Technology
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