Philosophy of Technology: What and Why? -- Technological Artifacts -- Technological Knowledge -- Technological Processes -- Technology and the Nature of Humans -- Ethics and Aesthetics of Technology -- Learners’ Philosophies about Technologies -- Reconceptualizing Technology through Education -- Practical Issues in Teaching about Technology -- Questions and Assignments -- Resources for Furthe…
Preface -- Chapter 1. Philosophy of technology: what and why? -- Chapter 2. Technological artifacts -- Chapter 3. Technological knowledge -- Chapter 4. Technological processes -- Chapter 5. Technology and the nature of humans -- Chapter 6. Ethics and aesthetics of technology -- Chapter 7. Learners’ philosophies of technology -- Chapter 8. Reconceptualizing technology through education -- Chap…
Science & technology education on the one hand, and communication on the other, are, to a large extent, still separate worlds and many opportunities for synergy and cross-fertilisation are yet unused. This divide is unfortunate, since educators need communication skills and communicators often use aspects of education in their strategies. Moreover, innovation processes in both domains ask for e…
Pre-university engineering education has become the topic of increasing interest in technology education circles. It can provide content for the E in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education, which is in the interest of technology educators at different educational levels as it builds the bridge between them and the science and mathematics educators. In this book goals …