Technology in Education Research Proposal

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According to the Technology/Education Curriculum Guide, published by the New Hampshire Department of Education in 2008, technology "is an activity that involves the generation of knowledge and processes to develop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilities." Therefore, all citizens, especially young persons, "need to become technologically literate in order to be productive users of technology" and will thus become "better able to understand the world in which they live and to be more prepared for the future"

NHEA, Internet). Certainly, these statements might induce some students to forget about obtaining a higher education and focus instead on increasing their computer literacy and knowledge on their own rather than paying tuition at a local college or university for the same information.

Also, this guide offers a number of reasons why technology is so important for today's students. For example, technology education will encourage "those habits of mind necessary to a life-long learner, such as the ability to question, investigate, experiment and evaluate" an entire host of topics and subjects and will in addition help students to develop "an understanding of the relationship between technology, individuals and society" (NHEA, Internet).
Basically, these viewpoints are true and accurate, but when it comes to obtaining a traditional education, students might consider them as proof positive that they do not need a higher education, thus lowering their interest in true educational pursuits.

It is interesting to note at this point that a number of American educators are convinced that the U.S. Department of Education and its affiliates are currently involved in a massive conspiracy to purposely cause young people and students to lose interest in obtaining a traditional education at the university level. Part of this conspiratorial "blueprint" includes de-emphasizing academic knowledge and replacing "individual achievement with collectivist group-think ideology" (DeWeese, "The Fix," Internet). Whether or not this scenario is true is open to conjecture, but it is rather obvious that a good number of American students have lost interest in education, for they see it as "traditionally motivated and aimed at limiting their individualism" (Emberley, 265).

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