Technologies

The technologies framework has been organized to offer opportunities for personalization and choice using diverse contexts for learning.

The technologies framework has six organizers, namely:

Learning in the technologies enables children and young people to be informed, skilled, thoughtful, adaptable and enterprising citizens, and to:

Develop understanding of the role and impact of technologies in changing and influencing societies
Contribute to building a better world by taking responsible ethical actions to improve their lives, the lives of others and the environment
Gain the skills and confidence to embrace and use technologies now and in the future, at home, at work and in the wider community
Become informed consumers and producers who have an appreciation of the merits and impacts of products and services
Be caopable of making reasoned choices relating to the environment, to sustainable development and to ethical, economic and cultural issues
Broaden their understanding of the role that Information and Communication Technology has in Scotland and in the global community
Broaden their understanding of the applications and concepts behind rechnological thinking, including the nature of engineering and the links between the technologies and the sciences
Experience work-related learning, establish firm foundations for lifelong learning and, for some, for s[pecialised study and a diverse range of careers.