I think Technological Literacy involves both Adler´s declarative and procedural knowledge about technology. In other words, it consists of knowing how to use technology for any purpose and all its content. I believe that ethical issues are always implicit in any activity and knowledge so we, as teachers, should make them explicit as part of our practices.
At the moment, Carrie James is studying ethical issues in work, school, and play contexts. Her research interests include young people's engagement with the new digital media; conceptions of trust held by youth today; moral and ethical development; gender issues; and conceptions of success, failure and "good work" among youth and adults for Project Zero Research Programs.
At the moment, Carrie James is studying ethical issues in work, school, and play contexts. Her research interests include young people's engagement with the new digital media; conceptions of trust held by youth today; moral and ethical development; gender issues; and conceptions of success, failure and "good work" among youth and adults for Project Zero Research Programs.
I looked up Anderson, declarative, procedural, knowledge on Google and I did find the explanation I needed, and I was also familiar with the distinction but apparently I didn't have the procedural knowledge of the concept to be able to act on it without refreshing my memory. This seems to echo Selber's functional (on parallel with procedural?) multiliteracies and rhetorical (on parallel with declarative?). Plus you have added the ethical element which for Selber would be on parallel with his critical (ethical) aspect of multiliteracies. So interestingly you have encapsulated in a nutshell the way I was teaching this course a few years ago :-)
ReplyDeleteI think the Technological Literacy you describe/define is an ideal one but probably not practical as applied to tech needs of most users, not all of whom will be students or teachers. Not every effective tech user needs to know how to use it "for any purpose" - let alone "all its content." Most users have specific, limited purposes. The more they know about tech for those purposes, the better they can use. Maybe their needs and thus learning will extend to more area. Maybe not. The more comfortable they are with the tech they need, the more likely they will probably be to extend their horizons: conversely, the less comfortable, the less likely.
ReplyDeleteI believe Selber's aspects of multiliteracies can be parallel with Adler´s construct of knowledge. It was Adler´s, not Anderson´s construct. I´m sorry I have mistaken them.
ReplyDeleteHi, Vanessa! I think Technological Literacy, as any concept, is an idea and an attempt to describe and define reality (with all its complexities). It is far from being a reflection of it, similarly to freedom, love or any abstract object, we have the ideal as an objective but we have to pay attention to the real and work on it. Technological Literacy is a product of a learning process, which is never ending and keeps reshaping and we keep building it by means of exposure, practice and reflections.
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