Abstract

SILVEIRA, Rosemari Monteiro Castilho Foggiatto  and  BAZZO, Walter. Ciência, tecnologia e suas relações sociais: a percepção de geradores de tecnologia e suas implicações na educação tecnológica. Ciência educ. [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.03, pp.681-694. ISSN 1516-7313.

The main purpose of this paper is to expose the conception of involved people (entrepreneur and managers) have about science, technology, innovation and their relations in the social context, with the development process of technological innovations inside the Incubators of Companies of Technological Base (IEBT) of Paraná. The methodological approach used was interpretative qualitative research. The data collection was individual semi-structuralized interviews. The sample had 29 participants. The results showed that the great majority of the participants of the research still have an unformed vision about science, technology and their relations. The research also showed that it is necessary to change the current paradigm of technology education in order to transform the conception of the professional in the technological area in relation to his/her social responsibility in this process.

Keywords : CTS; Technological and Scientific Literacy; Technological Education; Incubators of Companies of Technological Base; Technology.

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