The thesis reports on research related to the Science Technology Society approach to science education which has been used in some secondary schools for the last fifteen years approximately. An examination was made of the Science Technology Society approach to science education as reported in the literature, with a particular emphasis on the contributions to this field by three 'key players': Robert Yager of the United States of America, Glen Aikenhead of Canada and Joan Solomon of England. The use of the published work of the three 'key players' on the Science Technology Society approach to science education was studied for the identification of some common characteristics that can be seen to arise from their ideas to this approach. The thesis also investigated the use of these common characteristics to form a set of criteria in the form of a list of questions which can be used for the evaluation of resources which may be under consideration for use in a science education programme required to be utilising a Science Technology Society approach. This research involved a survey of the literature, an analysis of the work of the three 'key players' identified above, the development of a set of criteria based questions.