Learning Concepts in Technology and Engineering

The Disciplinary Basis of T and E in STEM

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Technology education has developed from a craft-oriented subject to a richer, partly cognitive subject. For this latter part, a disciplinary basis is needed. Furthermore, the disciplinary basis for the T has to be seen more and more in the context of the disciplinary basis for the other STEM subjects. This book offers such a disciplinary basis. It can be used for curriculum development, research and teaching. The book brings together insights from philosophy of technology about the meaning of the various concepts that form the disciplinary basis and pedagogical insights into learners’ possible preconceptions as well as strategies to teach and learn these concepts.
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2025
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Marc J. de Vries, Delft University of Technology, is Professor of Science and Technology Education and Professor of Christian Philosophy of Technology. For 25 years he served as the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Technology & Design Education.
Preface
Acknowledgements

1 Introduction
 1 From the Concept of Technology to Concepts in Technology
 2 Sources of Concepts
 3 Structure of the Book
 4 Structure of the Chapters

PART 1: Concepts



2 Patterns
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

3 Scale, Proportion and Amount
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 Upscaling
 3 STEM Connections
 4 Preconceptions
 5 Pedagogical Strategies
 6 Progression in Learning Line

4 Cause and Effect
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

5 Systems
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

6 Models
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

7 Conservation, Transport and Cycles of Materials and Energy
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

8 Structure and Function
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

9 Stability and Change
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

10 Values
 1 Values as Inherent in Technology
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

PART 2: Practices



11 Investigating
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

12 Designing
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

13 Information Skills
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

14 Reasoning
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

15 Numerical and Spatial Skills
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

16 Communicating
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

17 Evaluating and Judging
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

18 Making
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

PART 3: Contexts



19 Basic Needs for Living
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

20 Need for Protection
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

21 Need to Move and Meet
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

22 Need to Have Contact with Other People
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

23 Need for Support in Daily Life
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

24 Need for Relaxation
 1 Philosophical Exploration
 2 STEM Connections
 3 Preconceptions
 4 Pedagogical Strategies
 5 Progression in Learning Line

25 Wrapping Up
 1 Concept Learning in Technology Education and STEM Education
 2 Knowledge Gaps in Pedagogy
 3 A Variety of Pedagogical Strategies
 4 Building a Curriculum
 5 What We All Do It For
Teachers, teacher educators, curriculum developers, and researchers.
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Publisher:
Brill
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 260 pp.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004730083

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