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1. Technology education aims to support socio-economic development goals and meet diverse training needs through programs like general technology education, technical and vocational education, and undergraduate and graduate programs in relevant technologies.
2. It provides both a general education foundation and specialized training to prepare people for gainful employment and equip them with functional technological literacy.
3. The quality and effectiveness of technology education depends on factors like adequate funding, qualified teachers, up-to-date curricula and facilities, research, and extension programs that keep pace with technological changes.
1. Technology education aims to support socio-economic development goals and meet diverse training needs through programs like general technology education, technical and vocational education, and undergraduate and graduate programs in relevant technologies.
2. It provides both a general education foundation and specialized training to prepare people for gainful employment and equip them with functional technological literacy.
3. The quality and effectiveness of technology education depends on factors like adequate funding, qualified teachers, up-to-date curricula and facilities, research, and extension programs that keep pace with technological changes.
1. Technology education aims to support socio-economic development goals and meet diverse training needs through programs like general technology education, technical and vocational education, and undergraduate and graduate programs in relevant technologies.
2. It provides both a general education foundation and specialized training to prepare people for gainful employment and equip them with functional technological literacy.
3. The quality and effectiveness of technology education depends on factors like adequate funding, qualified teachers, up-to-date curricula and facilities, research, and extension programs that keep pace with technological changes.
In brief, the following are basic principles of technology education:
1. Technology education must be planned to support and enhance the
socio-economic development goals and programs of the country. 2. Technology education must be designed to meet diverse education and training needs of people. It must provide general technology education, technical and vocational education, undergraduate and graduate programs in various technologies relevant to the country’s development. 3. Technology education is more effective if the students has adequate general education to serve as foundation or tool to learn technical knowledge and skills. 4. General technology education must equip people to acquire functional technological literacy which is very essential in society. 5. Specialized technology education must prepare people for gainful employment and or provide upgrading and continuing education and training for those who are already employed. 6. Technology education must be so designed as to match the manpower needs of the various sectors of the world of work. 7. Technical and vocational education institution must seek the cooperation and participation of industry and other sectors with respect to policy formulation, strategic planning, curriculum development, on-the-job training, and other mutually beneficial efforts. 8. Technology education must contribute to the overall development of the individual as an effective member of his family and society. 9. Technology education must be supported with adequate funds for operation and maintenance upkeeping and improving facilities, and for instruction, research and extension services. 10. Quality of technology education must be insured through effective admission policies, curriculum improvement, faculty development, improvement of facilities and logistics, instructional processes, testing and evaluation and management systems. 11. Technology education must be supported with effective technology teacher education programs which should include short- term technical/vocational teacher training, pre-service teacher training leading to a baccalaureate degree, masteral and doctoral programs. 12. Technology education must be implemented with adequate facilities (classrooms, laboratories, equipment, tools, etc.) and logistics (instructional supplies and materials). 13. Technology education must be carried out by professionally- trained teachers with industrially and / or occupationally-related experience. 14. Technology education, to be effective, must keep abreast with new trends, developments and technologies. 15. Technology education, to be effective, must be supported with research and development. 16. Technology education must provide extension education for those who are out-of-school, unemployed, underemployed and others who are desirous to develop skills for employment.
BRIEF SUMMARY
EDUCATION is the most efficient system of equipping people with
knowledge, skills and attitudes essentials for effective membership in society. It consists of general an specialized education which are acquired, through formal, non-formal or informal schemes. A major sub- system of education dealing with the technological aspects of the environment is technology education. It deals with the development of technical skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to enter and/or progress in the world of work or prepare people for productive and meaningful citizenship. In its general form, technology education seeks to help people become technology-literates and equips them with the basic skills, knowledge and understanding the scope,materials,equipment, processes, products, problems, and development in the world of work. In its specialized form, technology education seeks to prepare people for work, either as skilled worker, technician, technologist, or technology teacher and specialist.as such is offered in all levels of education in a broad spectrum of programs and specialization to help address the country’s needs for various types of technical manpower and provide broader educational opportunities for people and greater flexibility in the development of the country’s human resources.