THIS CHAPTER EXPLORES the connection between justice and technology and its implications for teaching about technology and teaching technological design. The non-neutrality of technology in relation to issues of justice is examined, and pedagogical strategies are described for making students aware of this non-neutrality and enabling them to incorporate a concern for justice into their design decisions.
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