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Title: Heidegger in the Hands-on Science and Technology Center: Philosophical Reflections on Learning in Informal Settings PDF
Url: https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v12n1/pdf/walton.pdf
Creator: Walton, Richard
Publisher: Journal of Technology Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Description: Unusual for the philosophy of education, this paper takes Martin Heidegger's essay of 1954 The Question Concerning Technology as its starting point and applies it to a practical problem which is: Can interactive science and technology centers reveal the essence of technology to the lay visitor? At the outset this sounds like an unusually over-specific application of Heidegger's ideas to a single special case. But the notion that the interactive science and technology center (ISTC) does provide a valid and instructive vehicle for the discussion of Heidegger's ideas, particularly in their application to education, will be maintained throughout this article. There is also a sense in which Heidegger's essay has more relevance now in the present ecologically aware age than it did when it was written in the 1950s.



In order to set this paper into context, a slight departure has been made from the path of philosophical analysis in order to identify what is meant by an ISTC and by the exhibits found therein. It is worth saying that considerable investment has been made around the world in these centers in both developed and developing nations and yet no detailed philosophical analysis has been made into their claims until relatively recently (Walton, 1998). The significance is that ISTCs bridge the many, often conflicting, domains which have been characterized as edutainment (Friedman, 1996, p. 16) and which make up the sector of activity where formal, informal, and non-formal education is found within the context of the leisure industry. So, despite its somewhat unusual theoretical perspective and apparently esoteric subject matter, this is essentially a paper dealing with the application of philosophical analysis to a practical situation. It also seems relevant as the breadth of the technology education community becomes broader. The recently released standards for the development of curriculum in the U. S. (International Technology Education Association, 2000) is an example of the expansion of the responsibility for technology education beyond the traditional walls.
LC Classification: Education -- Special aspects of education -- Forms of education -- Nonformal education
Education -- Special aspects of education -- Social aspects of education -- Educational sociology -- Education and social philosophy
Education -- Special aspects of education -- Types of education -- Industrial education (General) -- High technology and education
GEM Subject: Science -- Engineering
Science -- Informal education
Vocational Education -- Trade and industrial
Resource Type: Reference Material
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Format: Document -- PDF
Audience: Educator
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Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
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Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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