
Defining Technological Literacy : Towards an Epistemological Framework.
Title:
Defining Technological Literacy : Towards an Epistemological Framework.
Author:
Dakers, J.
ISBN:
9781403983053
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (352 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: Defining Technological Literacy -- Part I Considering Aspects of Knowledge and Experience for Developing Technological Literacy -- 1 What Is Philosophy of Technology? -- 2 Technological Knowledge and Artifacts: An Analytical View -- 3 Technology and Knowledge: Contributions from Learning Theories -- 4 How to Understand Mundane Technology: New Ways of Thinking about Human-Technology Relations -- 5 Walking the Plank: Meditations on a Process of Skill -- 6 Ethical Technological Literacy as Democratic Curriculum Keystone -- Part II Considering Aspects of Design in Developing Technological Literacy -- 7 Understanding Technological Design -- 8 The Designer Fallacy and Technological Imagination -- 9 Human Beings as Technological Artifacts -- Part III Considering Aspects of Pedagogy for Developing Technological Literacy -- 10 Towards a Philosophy for Technology Education -- 11 Innovative Technological Performance -- 12 Pedagogy to Promote Reflection and Understanding in School Technology-Courses -- 13 "Technology, Design, and Society" (TDS) versus "Science, Technology, and Society" (STS): Learning Some Lessons -- 14 Gender and Technology: Gender Mediation in School Knowledge Construction -- 15 Implicit Theories: Their Impact on Technology Education -- Part IV Considering Globalization, Computers, the World-Wide Web, and their Impact in Developing Technological Literacy -- 16 Reconstructing Technoliteracy: A Multiple Literacies Approach -- 17 Rethinking Technological Literacy for the Global Network Era -- 18 From Knowledge to Information: Virtual Classrooms or Automated Diploma Mills? -- Notes on Contributors -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G.
H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.
Abstract:
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 that ranges from philosophy, design, and pedagogy.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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