What are the goals of Technology Education?
A Delphi study conducted by Barues of Carnegie Foundation lists the following: • Problem-solving • Process organizers • Creativity • Enterprise • Systems • Inventions Values in Technology Awareness of implications and potential of Technology • Health • Food • Communications • Production • Control Philosophy of Technology Capability • Investigating • Inventing • Implementing • Evaluating Limits of Technology Possible objectives are: • To help students make informed career choices • To make informed decisions as consumers • To understand the impact of technology • To understand the interrelationships of processes within • Technology • To apply the concepts of physical science, social science, language arts, humanities and arts in the context of contemporary Technology • To develop an attitude within students that encourages individuals to keep pace with a rapidly changing society and realize that education is a life-long process. Impact on students • Ability to use the problem-solving mo
