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Peer reviewedNay, Fred W.; Malm, Loren D.; Malone, Bobby G.; Oliver, Brad E.; Saunders, Nancy G.; Thompson, Jay C., Jr. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1998
Offers college faculty a "future proof" approach to staying in step with technological progress and choosing appropriate technologies to integrate into instruction. Discusses factors in technology planning: market dominance of a technology, ease of use, suitability as a medium for best practices in teaching and learning, technical assistance…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Decision Making
Peer reviewedBerbekar, Rosalia – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 1988
Describes the nature of technology. Summarizes the claims of the anti-technologists, such as Marcuse and Ellul, and the moderate pro-technologists, such as Ferkiss, Mesthene, Brooks and Bowers, National Academy of Engineering, Norman, and Weizenbaum. Provides 79 references. (YP)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Attitudes, Futures (of Society), Humanities
Peer reviewedVogl, Robert; Vogl, Sonia – Nature Study, 1991
Identifies the need for greater ecological foundations in disciplines involved with new technologies to minimize environmental damage from technology. Central to the issues involving technology, education, and environmental problems is energy use. A workshop is described to introduce teachers to solar electricity which is cited as the least…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Appropriate Technology, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Wicklein, Robert C., Ed. – 2001
These eleven papers focus on the need for technology education (TE) to address technological problem solving from a more holistic and appropriate level--less high tech, more thoughtful, and using available resources. "Philosophical Rationale for Appropriate Technology (AT)" (Robert C. Wicklein, Charles J. Kachmar) discusses concerns and…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Cultural Differences
