New Frontiers in Technological Literacy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: Breaking with the Past

   1. Introduction: Breaking with the Past

      • John R. Dakers

      Pages 1-6

3. Conceptualizing Technological Literacy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Technological Literacy as a Creative Process of Becoming Other

      • John R. Dakers

      Pages 9-27

   3. Postliterate Machineries

      • Stephen Petrina

      Pages 29-43

4. The Hidden Voice of Youth

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. Technology and Technology Education

      • Molly Watson

      Pages 47-55

5. Issues Relating to Democracy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Technological Literacy and Digital Democracy

      • P. John Williams

      Pages 59-73

6. Gender and Technology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. Reenvisioning Our Knowledge Tradition

      • Mary Kirk

      Pages 77-88

7. Sustainability

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Eco-Technological Literacy for Resiliency

      • Leo Elshof

      Pages 91-102

8. Technological Literacy in China

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. A Chinese Perspective on Technological Literacy

      • Nan Wang

      Pages 105-119

9. Education and the Concept of Technological Literacy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Enabling Both Reflection and Action

      • David Barlex

      Pages 123-139

   3. From Cybereducation to Cyberactivism

      • Andoni Alonso

      Pages 141-150

10. Technological Literacy in the Workplace

    1. Front Matter

       Pages 151-151

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    2. Situating Technological Literacy in the Workplace

       • Jamie Wallace, Cathrine Hasse

       Pages 153-164

This book attempts to rethink the concept of technological literacy in a modern context, not only in terms of a subject area taught in schools, but also as an important general concept that all citizens should engage with. As this book will illustrate, the concept of technological literacy has no universally agreed definition.

• Technology
• Philosophy
• technological literacy
• education
• philosophy of technology
• philosophy of education
• democracy
• gender
• machine
• research
• technology

"The beginning of our twenty-first century is marked by many breaks that affect our social, economic, cultural, and political organizations. The globalization of trade and the global development of information networks have drastically change our relationships with multiple technologies. Increasingly indispensable in our daily actions, they generate opposing feelings from the most basic rejection to unconditional adherence. This book, by the richness of contributions from leading international experts, lays the foundation of an appropriate place for technology education in all our educational systems." Jacques Ginestie, Director, ESPE Aix-Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, France

"Dakers has brought together a collection of essays that are thought-provoking and invite educators to rethink the idea of technological literacy. This concept has been read in a positivist manner for too long, and Dakers makes a plea for looking at it more critically. This voice should be heard by all who are involved in the (further) development of technology-related education." - Marc de Vries, Professor of Reformational Philosophy, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

"Ours is a fully textured technological world and Dakers does an inspiring job helping us become technologically literate. Moreover, the speed withwhich technologies change calls for a running frontier, well exemplified here." - Don Ihde, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Stony BrookUniversity, USA

Andoni Alonso, The Complutense University of Madrid, Spain David Barlex, The Design and Technology Association, UK Leo Elshof, Acadia University, Canada Cathrine Hasse, Aarhus University, Denmark Mary Kirk, Metropolitan State University, USA Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines, USA Stephen Petrina, University of British Columbia, Canada Silja Samerski, University of Oldenburg, Germany Jamie Wallace, Aarhus University, Denmark Nan Wang, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Molly Watson, Student, UK John Williams, University of Waikato, New Zealand

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