Open AccessAtt undervisa i teknik – försök till en utbildningsfilosofi utifrån Heidegger och Dewey
Author(s) -
Eva Blomdahl
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nordina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1894-1257
pISSN - 1504-4556
DOI - 10.5617/nordina.449
Subject(s) - reflective thinking , relation (database) , epistemology , presentation (obstetrics) , reflection (computer programming) , sociology , pedagogy , phenomenon , process (computing) , psychology , philosophy , computer science , medicine , database , radiology , programming language , operating system
This paper presents an attempt to articulate a philosophy of education with respect to technology.The guiding idea is that the primary aim of technology education should be to help pupils to reflecton the nature of technology as a social and cultural phenomenon, as regards its effects on individuals,their society and the environment. Bearing in mind Heidegger’s ideas on the essence of technologyand Dewey’s philosophy of education, a notion of technology education as “technology re-presentation”is introduced. This process centres on the visualisation or construction of technical systems andartefacts with a view to understanding them in the way indicated above. As far as the nature of thisunderstanding is concerned, directives are given by Heidegger’s idea of a reflection (Besinnung) onthe impact of technology on our present world-view and by Dewey’s concept of “reflective thinking”,which refers to the insight into the relation between our actions and their consequences.