Metaphors for communicating basic technacy system rules
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Networked systems rule
(collaboration)
Learn to design and make things that
work together
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Substitution Rule (improvise)
Learn to design and make components that are then used in specific ways to feed into new solutions or ideas.
Repeat as required.
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Nested systems rule
(supply chain / dependencies / fractal systems)
Technacy theory is based on an holistic and systemic appreciation of technology. Its theoretical structure helps guide the teacher in ways of diagnosing and advancing a child's general level of knowledge, application skills and innovative attributes in the study and use of technologies.
A deep and enriching education in any genre of technology recognises the core role that knowledge, creative drive, and practical skills play in technological problem solving. The learner (as the agent of design) also brings to the process organisation, values and communication capability to achieve project outcomes that work in context.
