| Technology Education as distinguished from Educational Technology or Instructional Technology | |
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| What is Technology? | |
| "Broadly speaking, technology is how
people modify the natural world to suit their own purposes. From the Greek
word techne, meaning art or artifice or craft, technology literally
means the act of making or crafting, but more generally it refers to the
diverse collection of processes and knowledge that people use to extend human
abilities and to satisfy human needs and wants." -Standards for Technological Literacy -- List, ITEA 2000; Standards for Technological Literacy -- PDF 258 pp. | |
| What is Technology Education? | |
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"Technology education is a [broad-based curriculum for developing]
technological literacy -- the ability to use, manage and understand technology."
Technology education is "a study of technology, which provides an opportunity
for students to learn about the processes and knowledge related to technology
that are needed to solve problems and extend human capabilities." Major movements are being made for establishing technology education as an important subject in pre-college programs. | |
| Philosophical Foundations & Curricular Referents | |
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