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ERIC Number: ED304124
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Apr
Pages: 14
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Using Technology Assessment To Build Confidence and Teach Critical Skills to Adult Women Students.
Bruce, Margaret; And Others
This paper describes the aims, organization, and outcomes of a technology assessment activity that was part of a summer school for an undergraduate interdisciplinary women's studies course at the Open University of Great Britain. Entitled "The Changing Experience of Women," the course contained a technology assessment module for the examination of contraceptive technology. The activity was designed to demonstrate that technology is not a value-free or genderless activity; to teach basic skills of technology assessment, especially from a feminist perspective; and to build the confidence of women students so that they could use the technology assessment skills and their own experiences to evaluate aspects of technology that were especially relevant to them. The activity module included slide presentations, lectures, brainstorming sessions, and group discussions. The basis for the discussions and brainstorming activities was the effects wheel model, which posits primary, secondary, and tertiary effects for changes. Included is a summary of specific discussion on a "male birth control pill." Evaluation of the module was primarily impressionistic, but it was seen to be highly successful. An address and price information for obtaining a copy of the module are included. The text is supplemented by three figures, and two references are provided. (EW)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Open Univ., Walton, Bletchley, Bucks (England). Inst. of Educational Technology.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A