Technology Education for Teachers

This is a textbook for use in technology teacher training and also a reference book for technology teachers. It will provide a foundation for new teachers entering the area of technology, and also the opportunity for practicing teachers to keep up to date

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INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION STUDIES Series Editors Rod Custer, Illinois State University, Normal USA Marc J. de Vries, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Editorial Board Piet Ankiewicz, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Dov Kipperman, ORT Israel, Israel Steven Lee, Taiwan National Normal University Taipei, Taiwan Gene Martin, Technical Foundation of America, USA Howard Middleton, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Chitra Natarajan, Homi Babha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, India John R. Dakers Scope Technology Education has gone through a lot of changes in the past decades. It has developed from a craft oriented school subject to a learning area in which the meaning of technology as an important part of our contemporary culture is explored, both by the learning of theoretical concepts and through practical activities. This development has been accompanied by educational research. The output of research studies is published mostly as articles in scholarly Technology Education and Science Education journals. There is a need, however, for more than that. The field still lacks an international book series that is entirely dedicated to Technology Education. The International Technology Education Studies aim at providing the opportunity to publish more extensive texts than in journal articles, or to publish coherent collections of articles/chapters that focus on a certain theme. In this book series monographs and edited volumes will be published. The books will be peer reviewed in order to assure the quality of the texts.

Technology Education for Teachers

Edited by P. John Williams University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN: 978-94-6209-159-7 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6209-160-3 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6209-161-0 (e-book)

Published by: Sense Publishers, P.O. Box 21858, 3001 AW Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.sensepublishers.com/

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction P. John Williams

1

2. Philosophy of Technology Marc J. De Vries

15

3. Teaching Technology David Spendlove

35

4. Learning in Technology Wendy Fox-Turnbull

55

5. Design Anthony Williams, Rob Cowdroy and Louise Wallis

93

6. Educational Technology and Technology Education Thomas Loveland

115

7. Understanding Assessment Its Importance; Its Dangers; Its Potential Richard Kimbell

137

8. Technology and the Community Gary O’Sullivan

167

9. Curriculum Development David Barlex

197

10. Considering Some Big Issues and the Role of Technology Educ