Design and Technology Education and Its Curriculum Policy Challenges

Theorizing the Role of Engineering Education for Society: Technological Activity in Context?

“…Sharing engineering education's emphasis on practice over theory 29 , the epistemological basis of technology education has only recently been the subject of philosophical investigation. The prevailing position takes the view that technological activity is any intentional change on the man-made world, be that physical, political, sociological or economical, amongst countless others 30 . From this conceptual perspective, engineering activity can thus be classified as technological in nature.…”