Teaching about Technology An Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology for Non-philosophers /

• Main Author: Vries, Marc J. De (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cobern, William W. (Editor), Tobin, Ken (Editor), Brown-Acquay, Henry (Editor), Espinet, Mariona (Editor), Irzik, Gurol (Editor), Jegede, Olugbemiro (Editor), Lazarowitz, Reuven (Editor), Herrera, Lilia Reyes (Editor), Rollnick, Marrisa (Editor), Sjøberg, Svein (Editor), Tuan, Hsiao-lin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Science & Technology Education Library, 27
• Subjects: Education.; Educational technology.; Teaching.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Educational Technology.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

Teaching about technology, at all levels of education, can only be done properly when those who teach have a clear idea about what it is that they teach. In other words: they should be able to give a decent answer to the question: what is technology? In the philosophy of technology that question is...

Table of Contents:

• 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 Further Reading and Thinking.