The Journey Towards Technological Literacy for All in the United States--Are We There Yet?

HIGH technology & education; TECHNOLOGICAL literacy; EDUCATIONAL technology; NATIONAL Research Council (U.S.); UNITED States education system

The article discusses technological literacy in the U.S. The author focuses on the history of studying technology within general education and notes the scarcity of technology education requirements in American schools. He examines the impact of various studies conducted by the Standards for Technological Literacy (STL) and the National Research Council (NRC), among others, on technological literacy. The author compares the seventeen processes of researcher Harold Halfin's technological research to the theories outlined in various STL material, including observation, analysis, and visualization.