Defining Technological Literacy

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

Wendy Dow, FranceAndrew Feenberg, Simon Fraser University, CanadaJ. Britt Holbrook, University of North Texas, USADon Ihde, Stony Brook University, USATim Ingold, University of Aberdeen, UKRichard Kahn, Antioch University, USASteve Keirl, University of London, UKDouglas Kellner, UCLA, USAMike Michael, University of Sydney, AustraliaCarl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines, USAMichael A. Peters, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USAMarc J. de Vries, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands