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Learning in Technology

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Technology Education for Teachers

Part of the book series: International Technology Education Studies ((ITES))

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Technology Education never ceases to excite and amaze me as the possibilities for engaging students in authentic ways using 21st Century learning strategies are endless. Not only does it teach students to appraise technology and creatively and innovatively design technological solutions, it offers truly genuine reasons for engaging students in learning in every other curriculum area. What better reason to learn to write a report than to report to the local council why a playground should be redesigned or built, or to undertake a statistical analysis than having to find out which flavours are the most popular in healthy snack food? In this chapter I begin with a ‘macro’ approach investigating broad theories relevant to learning in technology education then discuss each with application to the technology classroom with implications for teachers and students considered through the identification and progression of learning.

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Fox-Turnbull, W. (2012). Learning in Technology. In: Williams, P.J. (eds) Technology Education for Teachers. International Technology Education Studies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-161-0_4

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