Defining Technological Literacy
Towards an Epistemological Framework
Dakers, John R. (EDT)
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BOOK 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,
BOOK SYNOPSIS
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.
AUTHOR BIO
John R. Dakers is Lecturer in Educational Studies, University of Glasgow.
BOOK REVIEWS
We all are technologists and technology users while going about our daily activities. However, most of us do not take time to reflect on the decisions we make, how technology influences what we do in our lives, where and how it should be taught in formal education systems, and the impact of technology on society. Defining Technological Literacy is a book that does the homework for us in that worldwide experts offer their knowledge for our understanding.-- Dr. Kendall N. Starkweather, Executive Director/CEO, International Technology Education Association, and Publisher of Technology & Children and The Technology Teacher journals designed to help educators teaching about technology.
"There have been many and anguished calls for technological literacy in the advanced industrial countries. They have mostly been in vain for two reasons. One is the lack of an incisive and circumspect conception of technology. The other is the absence of helpful theories and practices of teaching technological literacy. This books meets both of these needs. It deserves to become a landmark."
--Albert Borgmann, author of Holding On to Reality (1999)
"Defining Technological Literacy provides a much broader research-based view of what technological literacy is and can be. It should be a valuable book to teacher educators, supervisors, philosophers, policymakers, and those in higher levels of education who develop educational programs for the future. While the various chapters are diverse, they all provide further enlightenment as to what technological literacy is. It is extremely important to have a book such as this written from a global perspective rather than one country's view."--William E. Dugger, Jr., Senior Fellow, International Technology Education Association
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1403970378
ISBN(13-digit): 9781403970374
Dewey Decimal: 600
Library of Congress: 2005054723
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 334
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