Teaching and Learning about Technological Systems: Philosophical, Curriculum and Classroom Perspectives (Hardcover)

1. Introduction.- 2. The notion of a system compared to an artefact.- 3. The evolution of technological systems.- 4. The "impacts" of technological systems.- 5. Technological systems in some national standards and curricula.- 6. Systems theory, systems thinking, and systems concepts in relation to technology education.- 7. Central concepts and models of systems, in technology compared to other fields.- 8. From component to systems: Fostering systems thinking via electronics studies.- 9. Students' perceptions of control systems and autonomous systems.- 10. Functional analysis and its tools: How teachers use them to study technical systems with pupils 11-14 years old in France.- 11. Defining "qualities of knowledge" about technological systems.- 12. Central educational models and modes for teaching about technological systems.- 13. Postscript and synthesis.