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Suggesting the Conceptual Framework of the Nature of Technology(NOT) and Examining the Conceptions of Experts of Science, Technology, and Engineering Fields regarding the NOT

기술의 본성(NOT) 개념 틀 제안 및 과학기술공학 관련 전문가들의 인식 분석

  • Received : 2017.11.24
  • Accepted : 2018.01.05
  • Published : 2018.02.28
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Abstract

This study aims to suggest the conceptual framework for the Nature of Technology (NOT) by examining the current researches regarding the NOT in science and technology education and to analyze the conceptions of experts in science, technology, and engineering fields based on the framework of NOT. The NOT conceptual framework developed in the study consisted of the six domains of NOT, which are 1. Technology as artifacts, 2. Technology as knowledge, 3. Technology as practice, 4. Technology as system, 5. The role of technology in society, and 6. History of technology. Also, the results of analyzing the conceptions for the 30 experts in science, technology, and engineering fields emphasize on the three domains of the 3. Technology as practice, 4. Technology as system, and 5. The role of technology in society among the 6 domains of the framework of the six domains of the NOT framework. This findings are different from the results of previous researches conducted in science and technology education for exploring the conceptions of NOT in the POV of the public and students. As such, the results show that while the public and students possess naive ideas on NOT only focusing on the technology as products and tools, experts in science, technology, and engineering fields possess the authentic views of the NOT reflecting the complex and abstract concepts of technology in terms of the perspectives of philosophy of technology.

본 연구는 기술의 본성(NOT: Nature of Technology)에 대한 개념 정리를 위하여 최근 수행된 NOT 관련 문헌 연구를 통하여 포괄적인 NOT 개념 틀을 제안하고 이를 바탕으로 국내외의 과학기술공학 전문가들의 기술 개념에 대한 인식을 탐구하고자 하였다. 과학과 기술교육 영역의 다양한 NOT 관련 선행연구를 분석하여 제시된 NOT 영역은 1. 인공물로서의 기술(Technology as artifacts), 2. 지식으로서의 기술(Technology as knowledge), 3. 실행으로서의 기술(Technology as practice), 4. 시스템으로서의 기술(Technology as system), 5. 사회적 역할의 기술(The role of technology in society), 그리고 6. 기술의 역사(History of technology) 6가지로 제안되었다. 또한 제안된 6개의 NOT 영역을 기준으로 과학기술공학 전문가들 30명의 인식 분포를 조사한 결과 전문가들은 다양한 NOT 개념 중에서 3. 실행으로서의 기술, 4. 시스템으로서의 기술, 그리고 5. 사회적 역할의 기술의 3가지 영역을 주로 인식하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이것은 NOT 선행연구에서 대중이나 학생들이 주로 기술을 '인공물로서의 기술' 또는 '응용 과학으로서의 기술'로 이해하고 있다는 결과와는 달리 과학기술공학 전문가들은 기술의 개념을 기술철학적 차원의 복잡하고 추상적인 '인간의 총체적 지식과 행위'로 이해하고 있다는 것을 보여주었다.

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