TECHNOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS STATE OF PLAY

Abstract

Project Technology is, to date, one of the few serious attempts to counteract the drift away from science and technology in schools. The approach is basically one of improving technology's image both in the eyes of the pupils and of the academic authorities involved. Schools are encouraged to embark on projects which will prove both relevant and beneficial to society, thus giving the pupils a concept of the positive potentials, while stress is also laid on ‘technology as a discipline’ in an attempt to establish it as an educational qualification as relevant, if not more so, as the pure sciences. Criticism has been made that this tends to relate mainly to brighter children. Whether this is true or not the work of the Schools Council Project Technology team at Loughborough College of Education, is of seminal importance in dealing with the teaching of applied sciences in schools. In this article, Geoffrey Harrison, the Project's director, reviews the aims, development and future potential of this approach.

Citation

Harrison, G. (1970), "TECHNOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS STATE OF PLAY", Education + Training, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 97-100. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb016236