Technological Knowledge, Curriculum and Occupational Role Potential
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3342917 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reuven Kahane, Laura Starr (0000-0001-9146-4692) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 537-558 |
| Publication date | 1987-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-954x.1987.tb00555.x |
| OpenAlex | W2137485099 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
This paper examines technological curricula in terms of their potential to be realized in occupational roles. The more the curriculum is oriented towards roles (as opposed to skills or pure knowledge), the greater the probability that it will be articulated in the labour market and the greater its efficacy and legitimacy. The concept of role has been analytically divided into six components: value commitment, normative, communicative, interactive, role intelligence and proficiency components. Theoretically, the more components are present in a given curriculum, the higher the probability that a given occupational role will be effectively articulated. However, their presence is a necessary but insufficient condition for effective role performance; their integration is of equal, if not greater importance, and the latter is meaningful only when the social context of the articulation is taken into account. It was found that the role components do not appear in a balanced manner in technological curricula investigated in Israel, and some hardly receive any attention. Those that are present are weakly linked to actual economic contexts. Thus, it appears that students in technological education, are socialized to minimal role articulation; ie, they are more likely to implement decontextualized tasks than to assume integral occupational roles
Articulation (sociology) · Context (archaeology) · Curriculum · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Normative · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Technological change · Value (mathematics) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Law
Sociological theory and modern society.
Roles
The scientist's role in society
Science Fiction
The Credential Society
T. S. Kuhn and Social Science
Knowledge, Education, and Cultural Change
Literacy in Traditional Societies
Orality and Literacy
Philosophy and Technology
Introduction to Communication Studies
Technical Culture’ and Technical Education in France
The Analysis of Educational Productivity, Vol. 2
The Sociology of the School Curriculum
Industry and Inequality
Competency Based Education
Knowledge and Social Structure
Toward a General Theory of Action
The Sociology of Knowledge
On the Concept of Value-Commitments
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |