Defining Technological Literacy: Towards an Epistemological Framework

PART I Preface Defining Technological Literacy What Is the Philosophy of Technology? How to Understand Mundane Technology: New Ways of Thinking about Human-Technology Relations Understanding the Technological Urge: The Ambiguous Legacy of Techne Towards a Philosophy for Technology Education PART II: DESIGN IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION The Design of Design The Designer Fallacy and Technological Imagination PART III: THE NATURE OF TECHNOLOGICAL ACTIVITY Technology and Knowledge: Contributions from Learning Theories Technological Knowledge and Artefacts: An Analytical View Skill in Technology Creative Technological Performance PART IV: TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN AND SOCIETY: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING Gender and Technology: Gender Mediation in School Knowledge Pedagogy to Promote Reflection and Understanding in School Technology Courses "Technology, Design and Society" versus "Science, Technology and Society (STS)": Learning Some Lessons Implicit Theories of Learning: Implications for Technology Education Teachers Human Beings as Technological Artefacts Technology and Ethics PART V: COMPUTERS AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB: CONSEQUENCES FOR TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION New Technologies/New Literacies: Redesigning Education in the Contemporary Era Globalization and the Renewal of Technological Literacy Technologizing Pedagogy: The Phenomenology of E-Learning