Incorporating Experimental Technologies in the Middle Level Technology Education Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Shields, C. J.; Rogers, George E.
Titel	Incorporating Experimental Technologies in the Middle Level Technology Education Classroom
Quelle	In: Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 42 (2005) 4, S.72-80 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1864
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Technology Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Logical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Science and Society; Problem Solving; Technological Literacy; Ethics; Technology Integration; Middle School Teachers; Middle School Students; Critical Thinking; Motor Vehicles; Laboratory Experiments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Denkfähigkeit; Problemlösen; Technisches Wissen; Ethik; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Kritisches Denken; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Laboratory work; Laborarbeit
Abstract	This paper offers some concrete ideas and suggestions for incorporating discussions of experimental technologies in the middle level technology education classroom. Technology education students should be aware of experimental technologies. They should understand the ramifications of items such as hybrid vehicles, photovoltaic solar panels, biometrics, nanotechnology, biological engineering, and hydrogen vehicles. Nonetheless, the focus of the middle level technology classroom should not be on any specific experimental technology. Instead the focus should be on preparing students to think in a logical manner, comprehend the needs of society, solve problems (even those which may not exist at the current time), consider what technological skills society must develop in order to solve those problems, and understand how to use technology ethically. By fully engaging students in the use of experimental technologies at the middle level, technology education teachers make students active stakeholders in experimental technologies. (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