These questions lead us to an understanding that technology is relative to time and culture, we can learn important lessons from the many technological developments of our past. This is wonderful food for thought and makes the study of technology thoroughly enthralling to students. As Postman postulates, A I do not see how we can claim to be educating our youth if we do not ask them to consider how different people of different times and places have tried to achieve a sense of transcendence. This definition, although acutely discerning and practical, in actuality, provides absolutely no emphasis on the evolution of technology and no foreseen intention of implementing this part of technology into the curriculum blueprint. Many educators would deem it obvious that to deny our technology education students a chance, through the curriculum, to delve into contrasting cultures of the past and present is pure tunnel vision.
Cultural continuity gives sustenance to the study of technology.
The application of this form of technology education curriculum may take many different forms. Creation and use of design briefs could be an appropriate method of introducing aspects of the history of technology to students. The following is an example of a history of technology design brief. The creation of movable type revolutionized the way books and other printed information were published. With the advent of the printing press, a new catalyst was introduced that changed everything in culture and still continues to have significant impact on the way societies function.