Full Description
First published in 1991, Understanding Technology in Education examines the role of technology in education, being the first to connect the social nature of technology with the education and training of young people. The book highlights the diverse ways in which technologies are shaped by social forces, rather than existing solely as physical artifacts. It explores the pivotal role of technology in transforming work organization and society at large. Through a series of case studies, the chapters present a wide range of analytical perspectives, spanning economistic, feminist, and cultural viewpoints. This volume serves as the foundation of a trilogy, which also includes Technological Literacy and the Curriculum and Computers into Classrooms.
Contents
Introduction: Technology as an Educational Issue: Social and Political Perspectives 1. Social Choice in Machine Design: The Case of Automatically Controlled Machine Tools 2. The Gendering of Technology 3. The Selling in the New Technology 4. The Information Society: Ideology or Utopia? 5. Mass Production, the Fordist System and its Crisis 6. Life after Henry (Ford) 7. The Cultural Production and Consumption of IT 8. A Dialectics of Determinism: Deconstructing Information Technology 9. Microcomputers in Education: Dead and Living Labour Epilogue: Technology as an Educational Issue: Why it is so Difficult and Why it is so Important
