Tag Archives: Technology Education
Should Technology be a Separate Discipline?
This post is based on some work of Thomas Erekson way back in 1992. I assume that Erekson is working in a context in which scholars and educators are trying to figure out if technology should be a part of … Continue reading
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Implications for Learning the Nature of Technology (Part 3)
Beyond the extent to which students’ learned about the NOT, the study investigated ways in which the preservice teachers used NOT in broader context. Unfortunately, a minority of students included NOT ideas within the broader context of technology literacy at … Continue reading
Implications for Learning the Nature of Technology (Part 1)
The results of this investigation seem to indicate that teaching and learning about the nature of technology (NOT) may be especially difficult. Given the deeply engrained, ubiquitous, and oftentimes “invisible” nature of technology in our society, coming to understand deep … Continue reading
Preservice Teachers as Questioners of Technology (Part 3)
Unfortunately, learners might not connect these classroom issues to the greater culture. Therefore, teachers are introduced to historical examples of technology use to further illustrate nature of technology ideas. These examples range from the printing press to the chalkboard. The … Continue reading
Preservice Teachers as Questioners of Technology (Part 2)
When introducing the nature of technology (NOT), activities are used to confront naïve views about NOT. Importantly, these introductory activities are decontextualized in nature. That is, initial NOT ideas are constructed to illustrate the concepts without use of complex technology. … Continue reading
Preservice Teachers as Questioners of Technology (part 1)
The educational technology course in this study uses the six nature of technology (NOT) ideas previously discussed to help the teachers become more informed questioners of technology. As previously noted, the preservice teachers are expected to identify and discuss possible … Continue reading
The Limited Nature of Technology (part 1)
Unfortunately, “We have been brought up on the myth that almost any problem can be solved with a technological solution” (Ely, 1995, p. 12). However, technology cannot solve all problems. Preservice teachers must recognize that some problems must be dealt … Continue reading
Teaching as Dynamic 