In Volume 3, #1 of the Journal of Technology Education, Pannabecker (1991) identified shortcomings in the language that has shaped perspectives within technology education, and raised an issue for dialogue. This essay is intended to extend Pannabecker's critique to include the metaphors of autonomous and advancing technology, and their supporting ideology of technological progress. Reasons for ...

This series of four studies was designed to clarify the underlying dimensionality and psychological well-being correlates of the major extant measures of the maximization tendency: the Maximization Scale (MS; Schwarz et al., 2002) and the Maximization Tendency Scale (MTS; Diab et al., 2008). Four studies using psychometric and factor analysis, item response theory (IRT), and an experimental man...

Intergroup confl icts are an inherent part of human relations, having on a large scale taken place continuously and constantly throughout all millennia of history. Of these, intractable intergroup confl icts, 1 which still rage in various parts of the globe—in Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Chechnya, or the Middle East—are of special interest. Confl icts in this category stem from disagreements over contr...

Individual decision-making forms the basis for nearly all of microeconomic analysis. These notes outline the standard economic model of rational choice in decisionmaking. In the standard view, rational choice is defined to mean the process of determining what options are available and then choosing the most preferred one according to some consistent criterion. In a certain sense, this rational ...

It is often argued that cosmopolitanism faces unique motivational constraints, asking more of individuals than they are able to give. This ‘motivational problem’ held pose a significant challenge cosmopolitanism, as it appears unable transform its moral demands into motivated political action. article develops novel response the problem facing arguing self-interest, alongside appeals sentiment,...

The NHS has administered a covid-19 vaccine to more than 18 million people, quarter of the UK population, since December—an extraordinary logistical achievement.1 But vaccinating everybody here will not protect us from longer term harm, say infectious disease experts, including government’s SAGE adviser and Wellcome Trust director, Jeremy Farrar, in BMJ Interview this week,2 also available pod...