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Defining Technological Literacy : Towards an Epistemological Framework / edited by J. Dakers.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology.
- Education.
- Educational technology.
- Education--Curricula.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Communication.
- Digital Education and Educational Technology.
- Curriculum Studies.
- Regional Cultural Studies.
- Media and Communication.
- Local Subjects:
- Sociology.
- Education.
- Digital Education and Educational Technology.
- Curriculum Studies.
- Regional Cultural Studies.
- Media and Communication.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Never before have we so needed a new literacy that will enable us to meaningfully participate in the rapidly evolving technologically mediated world. This collection offers a solid basis for defining this new technological literacy by bringing together theoretical work encompassing philosophy, design, and pedagogy.
- 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 : their 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611369682
- 9781281369680
- 1281369683
- 9781403983053
- 1403983054
- OCLC:
- 567964983
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