Technological Literacy and the Curriculum by Hugh Mackay

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. The book pushes forward and explores the possibilities of a new, expanded, cultural definition of technological literacy, one that can inform National Curriculum Technology and IT across the school curriculum. The aim is to `educationalize' an educational technology which has hitherto been predominantly concerned with technology rather than with education. In this book, Michael apple argues that we must treat technology as a `text' to be `read'. But first we must learn how to `read' technology. This volume is the second in a trilogy, which includes Understanding Technology in Education and Computers in the Classroom.
Binding: Hardback