Editorials
The Educational Technology is Technology Education Manifesto
Author:
Stephen Petrina
University of British Columbia, CA
About Stephen
A faculty member in the Department of Curriculum Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Abstract
Technology education (Tech Ed) is equal to educational technology (Ed Tech). The deception of difference can no longer be sustained. The emperor of technology education and the emperor of educational technology have no clothes. Without the dress of technobabble – stripped naked – technology education and educational technology, for all intents and purposes, are the same. It is time to recognize in theory what is true in practice. It is time to stop the accusations and whining; it is time to put down the swords and shields. This is not a call to arms; this is a call to action. This is a manifesto for a new politics, where Ed Tech is Tech Ed.
Published on
22 Sep 2003.
Peer Reviewed
Downloads
