The overriding purpose of this study was to determine the relative
importance of construction as a curriculum organizer when viewed from a
general education perspective. To accomplish that goal it became necessary to
reach some prerequisite goals. Determining what general education means and
how that ideal is connected with the field of technology education assumed a
high degree of importance during the literature review conducted for this
dissertation. Related to that effort, it became necessary to reach an
understanding about the nature of technological literacy. To provide for the
possibility that construction could be perceived and measured as a viable
component of these philosophical constructs, it was important to develop a
model with the potential for encompassing the totality of the human/technology
interaction. Once these fundamental steps were achieved, this research was
able to go forward. This chapter reports the conclusions and recommendations
that resulted from this study.