This guide contains 43 modules of laboratory activities for technology education courses. Each module includes an instructor's resource sheet and the student laboratory activity. Instructor's resource sheets include some or all of the following elements: module number, course title, activity topic, estimated time, essential elements, objectives,…

Designed to serve as a resource for school districts, this manual focuses on new applications of the information technologies that are available for use in education. The first of four chapters presents a statement of the values, philosophy, mission, and goals of the Minnesota State Board of Education. An outline of learner goals and objectives is…

This packet contains four papers that are designed to help broaden teachers' perspectives on the range of potential content and programs for technology education, as well as science, technology, and society (STS). The material provides basic instruction and information that would be useful in conducting interdisciplinary studies involving…

This document analyzes two seminars called "Personnel--Human Resources Development" and "Emergence of Vocational, Technnical, and Occupational (VTO) Education in the field-based higher education doctoral program at Nova University. It also includes conclusions drawn from the 6 years those seminars have been in use and comments on…

For education to respond to the new technologies that offer tools for mind expansion, the concept of information itself must be redefined. Instruction via electronic sources is a very different way of learning than instruction by print: electronic instruction is highly interactive, under the user's control, and full of imagery. Imagery is the…

Listed in this syllabus are concepts and understandings in four areas dealing with science, technology and society: (1) relationship of science and technology; (2) the nature of technology; (3) the interaction of science, technology, and society; and (4) making decisions about technology. Included with these concepts and understandings are…

Provided are 19 sample course syllabi typifying the broad range of courses taught in the field of the history of technology and technology studies. These syllabi are divided into three major sections: (1) world history, covering the history of technology in a western or world context over the period from earliest man and the era of classical…

This report describes new major education initiatives to enhance economic development in New York State. The 1970-1987 period has seen dramatic change in the labor profile impelled by technological and market forces transforming the economy. Apart from some fairly stable sectors, the state economy is characterized by a shift from manaufacturing to…

The 1983-84 annual report of the President of Harvard University to members of the Board of Overseers addresses the advantages and disadvantages of the utilization of new technologies by a university, comments on the instructional uses of computers (including computer assisted instruction (CAI)) and video technology, and cites specific examples in…

The third report from a comprehensive Unesco study, this document traces the history of the application of computer-based technology to the book distribution process in the United States and indicates functional areas currently showing the effects of using this technology. Ways in which computer use is altering book distribution management…

Terry Anderson is a professor and Canada Research chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University, Canada's Open University, where he teaches in the Masters of Distance Education program. In this article, Anderson begins his response to "A Review of E-Learning in Canada" by commenting that he believes Philip Abrami and his colleagues…

Reports an investigation of the perceptions of technology of teachers who are the heads of their school science departments. Relates these perceptions with those of a sample of 13-year-old pupils. Reveals that many teachers have a restricted view of technology. Discusses the implications of findings for curriculum change. (CW)

Offers five axioms that express a philosophy of technical English and describe a perception of language use that is considerably different from that of literary English. Concludes that the study of English should include much more than just the study of literature. (SRT)

This essay examines the impact of the new information age on education by identifying the traditional barriers that have impeded the successful application of media and technology in teaching, indicating emerging trends to which we need to adjust, and suggesting strategies to better utilize technology in teaching. (25 references) (EJS)

This study investigates the possible relationship between teachers' perception of their classroom technological resources and the perceived feasibility of implementation of their Connecticut Teacher Technology Competencies (2001) Level II (LII) proposals. The impact of gender, years of teaching experience, and level of education were evaluated…