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This chapter updates a study that began in 2006 to examine the areas of research that are undertaken in technology education, as represented in the main professional journals and conferences. Each of the resulting 1498 publications has been classified into 1 of 28 topics of research, and the resulting trends over time have been presented and discussed. The research trends include increasing research in STEM, learning and mobile/online learning, and less research about technological literacy, sustainability, and values.
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Williams, P.J. (2018). Technology Education: History of Research. In: de Vries, M. (eds) Handbook of Technology Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44687-5_21
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