Defining Technological Literacy: Towards an Epistemological Framework

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Foreword......Page 10
Introduction: Defining Technological Literacy......Page 12
Part I Considering Aspects of Knowledge and Experience for Developing Technological Literacy......Page 14
1 What Is Philosophy of Technology?......Page 16
2 Technological Knowledge and Artifacts: An Analytical View......Page 28
3 Technology and Knowledge: Contributions from Learning Theories......Page 42
4 How to Understand Mundane Technology: New Ways of Thinking about Human–Technology Relations......Page 60
5 Walking the Plank: Meditations on a Process of Skill......Page 76
6 Ethical Technological Literacy as Democratic Curriculum Keystone......Page 92
Part II Considering Aspects of Design in Developing Technological Literacy......Page 114
7 Understanding Technological Design......Page 116
8 The Designer Fallacy and Technological Imagination......Page 132
9 Human Beings as Technological Artifacts......Page 144
Part III Considering Aspects of Pedagogy for Developing Technological Literacy......Page 154
10 Towards a Philosophy for Technology Education......Page 156
11 Innovative Technological Performance......Page 170
12 Pedagogy to Promote Reflection and Understanding in School Technology-Courses......Page 190
13 “Technology, Design, and Society” (TDS) versus “Science, Technology, and Society” (STS): Learning Some Lessons......Page 208
14 Gender and Technology: Gender Mediation in School Knowledge Construction......Page 230
15 Implicit Theories: Their Impact on Technology Education......Page 250
Part IV Considering Globalization, Computers, the World-Wide Web, and their Impact in Developing Technological Literacy......Page 262
16 Reconstructing Technoliteracy: A Multiple Literacies Approach......Page 264
17 Rethinking Technological Literacy for the Global Network Era......Page 286
18 From Knowledge to Information: Virtual Classrooms or Automated Diploma Mills?......Page 308
Notes on Contributors......Page 326
D......Page 334
J......Page 335
P......Page 336
W......Page 337
Z......Page 338
C......Page 340
E......Page 341
K......Page 342
R......Page 343
T......Page 344
X......Page 345