Rethinking Technological Literacy for the Global Network Era

In this chapter I explain the relationship between globalization and technological literacy. After accounting for the notion of technological literacy that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s in the developed nations, I argue that this notion must be reshaped to fit the needs of the emerging global network society. That is, a renewed conception of technological literacy education must be developed to take account of changes in the global economy, including the widespread use of networked computer technologies.