Contents: Gabriele Graube/Michael J. Dyrenfurth/Walter E. Theuerkauf: Preface - Gabriele Graube/Michael J. Dyrenfurth/Walter E. Theuerkauf: Introduction - Peter Meyer-Dohm: Technology Education and its Importance for Society - Michael Hacker: The Politics of the Technology Education Reform - Michael J. Dyrenfurth/Walter E. Theuerkauf/Gabriele Graube: Industry Needs and their Relationship to Technological Education - Scott D. Johnson: A Model for Enhancing Thinking and Learning Through Technology Education - Manfred Lutherdt/Bernd Hill: Structuring Innovation-Orientated Approaches to Teaching Technology - Rolf Oberliesen/Jorg Schudy: Work Orientation - Concept of Technology Education in Germany - Felix Rauner: Modern Professionality and Knowledge of the Working Process - Implications for vocational training and general education - Gabriele Graube/Walter E. Theuerkauf: Information in Technical Processes and their Significance in Real live Context - Thomas T. Liao: Engineering-Based Paradigm for K-12 Technology Education - Michael J. Dyrenfurth: Technology Education for Developing Nations - P. John Williams: Technology Education in Australia - Francisca Elton: Technology Education - A new Subject for the Chilean School Curriculum - Rudolf Pfeifer: Basic Technology and Work Education in China - Situation and Trends - Richard Kimbell: Critical Concepts Underpinning the Design and Technology Curriculum in England - Jari Lavonen/Ossi Autio: Technology Education in Finland - Joel Lebeaume: Overview on the French School System - Olaf Czech: Technology Education in Brandenburg, Germany - Moshe Barak/Arley Tamir: Technology Education in Israel - Aiming to Develop Intellectual Abilities and Skillsvia Technology Studies - Marc De Vries: Technology Education in The Netherlands - Magareta Pavlova: Technology Education in Russia and the Process of Modernisation - Michael J. Kahn/K. Mathews Mphahlele/John D. Volmink: Modernizing the Curriculum - the Politics of Technology Education in South Africa - William E. Dugger, Jr.: ITEA’s Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology - Gabriele Graube: Design in the Acting Field - Building and Dwelling - Anne Marie Hill: Secondary School Technology Education in Canada - Martin Fischer/Franz Stuber: Work Process Knowledge in Technology Education - Peter Eyerer/Bernd Hefer/Dorthe Krause: Interfacing between Schools, Universities and Industry by Project Work - The Education Model TheoPrax - Gabriele Graube/Walter E. Theuerkauf: Technology Education - Concepts and Possible Prospects.