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> January 18, 2002:
Hour Two: Technological Literacy
A report out this week from the National Academy of Engineering says
that although our society is increasingly dependent on technology, most
Americans aren't able to think critically about the subject.
Join Ira Flatow on Science Friday for a discussion about why we all
need to know more about technology, and what it means to be 'technologically
literate.'
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners'
Lounge (registration
required)
Guests:
William Wulf
President
National Academy of Engineering
Washington, DC
Karen Falkenberg
Member, National Academy of Engineering/ National Research Council Committee
on Technological Literacy
Ph.D. Candidate
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
William Dugger
Director
Technology for All Americans
Project
Blacksburg, Virginia
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
NAE
National Symposium on Technological Literacy
Nat'l
Academies Press Release: Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need
to Know More About Technology
Technically
Speaking Project Homepage
Nat'l
Academy Press, Technically Speaking: (2002), Table of Contents
International
Technology Education Association: Technology for All Americans Project
National
Academy of Engineering
IEEE
Spectrum - March 2001: U.S. schools get technological literacy standards
Standards
for Technological Literacy
This segment produced by: Karin
Vergoth
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