Overview
- Presents cutting-edge research relevant to teachers in an easily accessible format
- Includes clear guidelines on how this research can inform practice
- Enables teachers to become researchers
Part of the book series: Contemporary Issues in Technology Education (CITE)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
Keywords
- Design and Technology teachers
- Design and technology
- Education for Enterprise
- Educational research
- Enterprise education
- Mixed media modelling
- Postgraduate research
- Preferred pedagogical knowledge
- Primary Students and technology
- STEM education
- Teacher professional development
- Teaching technology
- Technology design
- Technology education
- Technology education in China
- Technology education in South Africa
- action research
- preparing pre-service teachers
- professional learning communities
- technological concepts
About this book
The book brings together significant international research on Technology Education by focusing on contemporary PhD theses. While the conceptual underpinnings of each research project are explained, the focus is on elaborating the findings in ways that are relevant for practitioners. The book features contributions from doctoral students who completed their research in 2013. Each chapter employs a similar structure, with a focus on what the research means for classroom teachers. The book offers a valuable resource for researchers, teachers and potential researchers, with suggestions for further study. Eachchapter also includes references to the digital edition of the respective full thesis, allowing readers to consult the research in detail if necessary.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professor P John Williams is the Director of the Science and Mathematics Education Centre at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia, where he teaches and supervises research students in Technology Education. Apart from Australia, he has worked and studied in a number of African and Indian Ocean countries, in New Zealand, and in the United States. His current research interests include mentoring beginning teachers, PCK and electronic assessment of performance. He is the editor of the Australasian Journal of Technology Education, advisory editor of the International Journal of Technology and Design Education, series editor of the Springer Contemporary Issues in Technology Education series, and serves on the editorial board of five other professional journals. He has authored or contributed to over 220 publications, and in 2011 he was elected to the International Technology and Engineering Education Association’s Academy of Fellows for prominence in the profession.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary Research in Technology Education
Book Subtitle: Helping Teachers Develop Research-informed Practice
Editors: P John Williams, David Barlex
Series Title: Contemporary Issues in Technology Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2819-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2817-5Published: 15 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9712-6Published: 11 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2819-9Published: 25 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2510-0327
Series E-ISSN: 2510-0335
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 205
Number of Illustrations: 62 b/w illustrations
Topics: Science Education, International and Comparative Education, Engineering/Technology Education