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Peer reviewedBerbekar, Rosalia – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 1988
Describes the nature of technology. Summarizes the claims of the anti-technologists, such as Marcuse and Ellul, and the moderate pro-technologists, such as Ferkiss, Mesthene, Brooks and Bowers, National Academy of Engineering, Norman, and Weizenbaum. Provides 79 references. (YP)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Attitudes, Futures (of Society), Humanities
Peer reviewedPendergast, Richard J. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 1988
Claims that what is needed is not simply powerful and elegant technology but appropriate technology. Discusses the impact of tacit knowledge and scientism. Recommends the propagation and implementation of the ideal of an organic society, and the return to the ideal of liberal and moral education. (YP)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, General Education, Quality of Life, Science and Society
Peer reviewedJournal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Summarizes the way in which the nation is preparing scientists and engineers to meet the needs of industry and society. States that by offering special science and mathematics enrichment programs and providing good enthusiastic teaching, young people can be recruited to the sciences. (RT)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, College Science, Educational Needs, Engineering
Minnesota Community Colleges, St. Paul. – 1990
The conference reported in this publication was funded by STAR (System of Technology to Achieve Results), a program of the Minnesota Governor's Advisory Council on Technology, under Public Law 100-407 (the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988.) The conference focused on the development and availability of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), College Programs
