Shaping concepts of technology : what concepts and how to shape them?

  • M.J. Vries, de
  • , A. Tamir

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Abstract

Philosophy of technology is a discipline that has much to offer for technology education. Insights into the real nature of technology and its relationship with science and society can help technology educators to build a subject that helps pupils get a good concept of technology and to learn to understand and use concepts in technology. Here the way science educators have gained from the philosophy of science, for example in the idea of the way pupils learn concepts by reconstructing pre-concepts that they picked up from daily-life experiences. Research has shown that the learning of concepts and the learning of process skills have to be connected.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationShaping concepts of technology : from philosophical perspective to mental images
EditorsM.J. Vries, de, A. Tamir
Place of PublicationDordrecht
PublisherKluwer Academic Publishers
Pages3-10
ISBN (Print)978-94-010-6361-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1997

Publication series

NameInternational Journal of Technology and Design Education
Volume7(1-2)
ISSN (Print)0957-7572

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