Technology education

Osseo-Fairchild Technical Education Center

Pittsville Career and Technical Education Center

Technology education, tech ed,^[1] or career and technical education is the study of technology, in which students "learn about the processes and knowledge related to technology".^[2] As a field of study, it covers the human's ability to shape and change the physical world to meet needs, by manipulating materials and tools with techniques. It addresses the disconnect between wide usage and the lack of knowledge about technical components of technologies used and how to fix them.^[3] This emergent discipline seeks to contribute to the learners' overall scientific and technological literacy,^[4] and technacy.

Technology education should not be confused with educational technology. Educational technology focuses on a more narrow subset of technology use that revolves around the use of technology in and for education as opposed to technology education's focus on technology's use in general.^[5]

^ "The Compelling Need to Elevate Tech Ed". Governing. May 10, 2022.
^ ITEA. (2000). Standards for technological literacy; Content for the study of technology. Executive Summary. Reston, Va, p. 242
^ de Vries, Marc; Fletcher, Stefan; Labudde, Peter; Lang, Martin; Mammes, Ingelore; Max, Charles; Munk, Dieter; Nicholl, Bill; Strobel, Johannes (2016). Technology Education Today: International Perspectives. Munster: Waxmann Verlag. p. 33. ISBN 9783830933847.
^ Blandow, Dietrich; Dyrenfurth, Michael (1994). Technology Education in School and Industry: Emerging Didactics for Human Resource Development. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 312. ISBN 3540582509.
^ Dugger Jr., William E.; Naik, Nitin (September 2001). "Clarifying Misconceptions between Technology Education and Educational Technology". Technology Teacher. 61 (1): 31–35.

[1] "The Compelling Need to Elevate Tech Ed". Governing. May 10, 2022.

[2] ITEA. (2000). Standards for technological literacy; Content for the study of technology. Executive Summary. Reston, Va, p. 242

[3] Vries, Marc; Fletcher, Stefan; Labudde, Peter; Lang, Martin; Mammes, Ingelore; Max, Charles; Munk, Dieter; Nicholl, Bill; Strobel, Johannes (2016). Technology Education Today: International Perspectives. Munster: Waxmann Verlag. p. 33. ISBN 9783830933847.

[:0-4] Blandow, Dietrich; Dyrenfurth, Michael (1994). Technology Education in School and Industry: Emerging Didactics for Human Resource Development. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. p. 312. ISBN 3540582509.

[5] Dugger Jr., William E.; Naik, Nitin (September 2001). "Clarifying Misconceptions between Technology Education and Educational Technology". Technology Teacher. 61 (1): 31–35.

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