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Selby, Cecily Cannan – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
Demystifies certain assumptions and beliefs about technology as applied science, deploring the macho, elitist public image of technology and the author's own technological deprivation as a child. Examines emerging beliefs concerning determination of technological availability, the importance of everyday technological know-how, market-driven…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Misconceptions, Science and Society, Sciences