Dewey's Technological Literacy: Past, Present, and Future

Autor/in	Braundy, Marcia
Titel	Dewey's Technological Literacy: Past, Present, and Future
Quelle	In: Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 41 (2004) 2, (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1864
Schlagwörter	Occupations; Democracy; Technology Education; Technological Literacy; Relevance (Education); United States History; Educational History; Critical Thinking; Citizen Participation; Vocational Education; Progressive Education; Futures (of Society) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Demokratie; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Technisches Wissen; Relevance; Relevanz; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Kritisches Denken; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Reformpädagogik; Progressive Erziehung; Future; Society; Zukunft
Abstract	Technological literacy was defined, though not so named, by John Dewey at the turn of the past century. Dewey described how schooling could lay the groundwork for understanding the practice and implications of producing for society's needs. He talked about the importance of technologically literate individuals and collective knowledge production in the development of thoughtful citizens capable of critical thinking. Furthermore, Dewey built his ideas on the concept that in a democracy, everyone is important and responsible to and for what is done in the name of progress. Many in technology education programs focus singularly on defining occupations as vocations related to work, or even industrial progress, rather than those activities in which individuals are engaged to construct their life and their society, which would include work. Thus, it is only by building on Dewey's notions of education through occupations that a more responsible route into the global society of the 21st century can be found. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators. Web site: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10