Technological Literacy and the Curriculum

First published in 1992, Technological Literacy and the Curriculum addresses the question 'what should technological literacy consist of?'. The authors' view is very different from the narrow, skills-based, technical perspective. They see the cultural and social as central to the technological curriculum, not marginal.

1. Introduction: Learning to Read Technology 2. Social Histories of Computer Education: Missed Opportunities? 3. Constructions of Technology: Reflections on a New Subject 4. Technology, Within the National Curriculum and Elsewhere 5. Is the New Technology Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem in Education? 6. From Computer Literacy to Technology Literacy 7. Sniffers, Lurkers, Actor Networkers: Computer Mediated Communications as a Technical Fix 8. The Purpose of the Computer in the Classroom