| Description |
1 online resource (x, 334 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : Defining technological literacy / John R. Dakers -- What is the philosophy of technology? / Andrew Feenberg -- Technological knowledge and artifacts : an analytical view / Marc J. de Vries -- Technology and knowledge : contributions from learning theories / Robert McCormick -- How to understand mundane technology : new ways of thinking about human-technology relations / Mike Michael -- Walking the plank : meditations on a process of skill / Tim Ingold -- Ethical technological literacy as democratic curriculum keystone / Steve Keirl -- Understanding technological design / Carl Mitcham and J. Britt Holbrook -- The designer fallacy and technological imagination / Don Ihde -- Human beings as technological artifacts / Joseph C. Pitt -- Towards a philosophy for technology education / John R. Dakers -- Innovative technological performance / Richard Kimbell -- Pedagogy to promote reflection and understanding in school technology-courses / David Barlex -- "Technology, design and society" (TDS) versus "Science, technology and society" (STS) : learning some lessons / Frank Banks -- Gender and technology : gender mediation in school knowledge construction / Patricia Murphy -- Implicit theories : thier impact on technology education / Wendy Dow -- Reconstructing technoliteracy : a multiple literacies approach / Richard Kahn and Douglas Kellner -- Retinking technological literacy for the global network era / Leonard J. Waks -- From knowledge to information : virtual classrooms or automated diploma mills? / Michael A. Peters |
| Summary |
Technologies can range from the simplest of shelters to keep us warm and dry, to the most complex bioengineering interventions. In this technologically mediated world we now inhabit, there is a growing need for human beings, and particularly young people, to be more critically involved in the discourse surrounding technology. In order to achieve a truly democratic world, any tensions or confusions between human beings, their environment, and their technologies must be resolved. Only then will people become empowered to improve their world in a creative, sensitive, informed and above all, sustainable fashion. This collection offers a solid basis for defining this new technological literacy by bringing together theoretical work that ranges from philosophy, design, and pedagogy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Technological literacy.
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Technical education.
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Technology -- Philosophy.
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SCIENCE -- Applied Sciences.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Inventions.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference.
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Technical education.
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Technological literacy.
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Technology -- Philosophy.
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Technologie
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Wissens- und Technologietransfer
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Vermittlung Philosophie
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Philosophie
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Wissensvermittlung
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Technikphilosophie
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Techniksoziologie
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Schriftlichkeit
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Technik
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dakers, John R
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| ISBN |
9781403983053 |
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1403983054 |
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9781403970374 |
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1403970378 |
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