Rationale Technology is embodied in devices that extend human capabilities. It provides the tools to extend our vision, to send and receive sounds and images from around the world, and to improve health, personal relationships, lifestyle, economies, and ecosystems. Technology is a dominant force in today's society. Technological literacy is as essential to participation in modern society as is numeracy and the ability to read and write. A technologically literate person uses tools, materials, systems, and processes in an informed, ethical, and responsible way.
Technology education helps young people prepare to live and work in a technological world.
The aim of the Grades K to 12 Technology Education curriculum is to help students develop the technological literacy and lifelong learning patterns that they need to live and work effectively in a changing technological society. To achieve this, the curriculum provides a framework for students to learn how to design and make solutions to real-world problems. Preparing for the Workplace To meet career challenges, students must be able to make independent decisions, solve problems, work independently and co-operatively with others, and become technically competent. Technology education helps students develop the types of learning patterns that are required in today's changing workplace. Preparing the Citizen To be responsible members of society, students must be aware of the ever-growing impacts of technology.