Conditions for Forming Technological Literacy of Schoolboys

Abstract

The article highlights the problem of the formation of technological literacy in the context of modern education. The interest on the part of society and the state in the formation of technologically competent personnel has been substantiated. The theoretical aspects of technological literacy are considered, as well as the concepts of technological literacy, technological culture and technological competence are differentiated. Technological literacy itself was viewed in three contexts:
 - as a property of the student's personality;
 -as an educational goal;
 - as a response of the education system to social demand.
 The request from the state is represented by a set of regulatory documents that determine the requirements for the quality and content of the educational process.
 The paper lists the main forms of thinking necessary for the formation of technological literacy, defines the pedagogical goals of technological education. The conditions for the formation of technological literacy in the form of a system of factors are described. Special attention is paid to the technological literacy of the teacher and the mechanism of the successive transfer of personal technological experience from teacher to student is described.