Sociology of Technology

LECTURE’S NOTES

FOR

SOCIOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY

By: Okai M. Aryee, Ph.D. For: Ghana Telecom University College Department: Informatics Date: January 2011

Okai Aryee, Ph.D.

SOCIOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY (also known as Social Construction of Technology-SCOT) Lesson Plan – First and Second Meetings

Introduction- Much of this information in this course can be found on the Internet. This course attempts to address the social problems that confront Ghana today with emphasis placed on Ghana’s socio-cultural and technological developments. It involves comparing societies who base their decisions on unreliable information and superstition with those societies who use methods based on critical thinking, creativity and problem solving skills. This course also attempts to assist future graduates of GTCU to develop for Ghana a broad understanding of the world of technology with regard to solving Africa’s Pan African social problems through social construction.

Define Sociology- a scientific study of collective human thought and behavior. Examples are, that field involving the social study of the family is called the Sociology of the Family. That field involving the social study of education is called the Sociology of