Philosophy of Technological Education or Technologic's Philosphy of Education: A Criticism of Educational Policymaking in Iran Higher Education

Document Type : پژوهشی

Author

• Seyed Mahdi Sajjadi

Tarbiat Modares University

10.22067/fedu.v8i2.72289

Abstract

Among the important missions of philosophers of education is the clarification of the relationship between technology and the education system. Some believe that technology should be considered merely as a means to serve the educational system (the approach of philosophy of "technological education"). In contrast, others believe that new technologies also inevitably lead to a system of education appropriate to their requirements (the approach of "technological philosophy" to education). Emphasizing the role of purely technological means, today, is the discourse governing the approach of education philosophers, especially in Iran, has become the symbol of the sovereignty of this discourse can be found in upstream documents for the education system of Iran was also witnessed. The critique of the ruling discourse governing the approach to technology in policy making in Iran's educationa system is one of the aims of the present article. Explaining, critique and critical analysis of approaches to relations between technology and education, and implications of each approach to the philosophy of education, including the methods are in the formulation of the article.

Keywords

• Philosophy of Technological Education
• Technological Philosphy of Education
• criticism
• Educational policy
• Higher Education

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