STS/STSE and SSI education are as follows:
1. In the 21st century, technology has become a powerful force in society which is constantly influencing the society and is being influenced by the society. Under this situation, the successful STS/STSE and SSI integrated approach can offer enormous opportunity to adequately explore the ethical and ontological issues of science, society, culture, and the person in the context of humanity live in technological society.
2. The integration of STS/STSE and SSI can provide an enriched, powerful and organised pedagogy under a unified platform; and, effectively can act as a holistic approach, and use either STS/STSE or SSI as deemed to be appropriate. In such way the integrated approach can afford more opportunities for the construction of science curriculum in better ways that differ from traditional arrangements of teachers, students, subject matters, and the contexts within which science learning occurs.
3. The presence of STS/STSE and SSI is more than half a century with wealth of knowledge and established research experiences. Now it is timely and appropriate to look at the provision of integrating STS/STSE and SSI based on the rationales presented which can benefit the STEM education. As a result of successful integration it can gain a critical mass to rigorously address the issues pertained to students’ lack of motivation and engagement in sciences especially in higher secondary school compared to individual and parallel contributions from STS/STSE and SSI. And effectively this can help to reverse students’ demotivation and disengagement in learning sciences.
4. The successful outcome from STS/STSE and SSI integrated education may provide an impetus for the re-emergence of values in science education; and may foster values and ethics in student’s minds, and benefit the societies. Then value-laden science education can effectively contribute to building the bridges and linkages between science and society, and achieve scientific and technological literacy for all students.