Teaching about Technology An Introduction to the Philosophy of Techn
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 t
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Science & Technology Education Library VOLUME 27 SERIES EDITOR
William W. Cobern, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA FOUNDING EDITOR
Ken Tobin, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA EDITORIAL BOARD Henry Brown-Acquay, University College of Education of Winneba, Ghana Mariona Espinet, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Gurol Irzik, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey Olugbemiro Jegede, The Open University, Hong Kong Reuven Lazarowitz, Technion, Haifa, Israel Lilia Reyes Herrera, Universidad Autónoma de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia Marrisa Rollnick, College of Science, Johannesburg, South Africa Svein Sjøberg, University of Oslo, Norway Hsiao-lin Tuan, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan SCOPE The book series Science & Technology Education Library provides a publication forum for scholarship in science and technology education. It aims to publish innovative books which are at the forefront of the field. Monographs as well as collections of papers will be published.
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Teaching about Technology An Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology for Non-philosophers
by
MARC J. DE VRIES Eindhoven University, The Netherlands
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ISBN-10 1-4020-3409-1 (HB) Springer Dordrecht, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York ISBN-10 1-4020-3410-5 (e-book) Springer Dordrecht, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York ISBN-13 978-1-4020-3409-1 (HB) Springer Dordrecht, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York ISBN-13 978-1-4020-3410-7 (e-book) Springer Dordrecht, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface Chapter 1. Philosophy of technology: what and why?
vii 1
Chapter 2. Technological artifacts
13
Chapter 3. Technological knowledge
29
Chapter 4. Technological processes
49
Chapter 5. Technology and the nature of humans
67
Chapter 6. Ethics and aesthetics of technology
87
Chapter 7. Learners’ philosophies of technology
105
Chapter 8. Reconceptualizing technology through education
115
Chapter 9. Practical issues in teaching about technology
127
Chapter 10. Questions and assignments
135
Chapter 11. Resources for further reading and thinking
145
Subject Index
161
Name Index
167
PREFACE
Writing this book has been quite a challenge. Philosophy for many people as practical as teachers can be often has a reputation of being unpractical, difficult to understand, dull, and more of
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