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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Technology teachers"”.
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Becoming effective technology teachers: enhancing assessment practices in primary classrooms
This thesis explores primary school teachers’ technology pedagogical content knowledge and how this impacts on teaching practices in technology education, particularly formative interactions. Based in the interpretist paradigm and using case study methods, the two-year journeys of eight …
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Technology teachers’ disposition towards critical thinking in terms of their habits of mind
… the National Curriculum Statement Grades R-12. Technology, a relatively new subject in South African schools, provides many opportunities to foster critical thinking skills through, for example, problem solving. Technology offers a wide spectrum of problems – ranging from well-structured to …
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Enhancing teachers' use of web-based resources: A case study of secondary technology teachers
The need for teachers to develop their content knowledge and understanding of the nature of technology remains an issue for technology education in New Zealand, and although web-based resources (WBRs) offer an effective means of supporting teachers in this endeavour, and have acknowledged potential …
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Senior phase technology teachers' experiences of the utilisation of smartboards in Ekurhuleni District rural schools
This study aimed at exploring Senior Phase Technology teachers’ experiences on the utilisation of smartboards in Ekurhuleni District rural schools. More specifically, the study sought to identify whether the utilisation of smartboards in South Africa catapults the teaching and learning in the …
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The influence of a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme on the classroom practices and professional development of technology teachers
… practices and professional development of Technology Education teachers. Clarity was sought on how those Technology Education teachers who had participated in the CPD programme were influenced by the outcomes of the CPD programme in terms of their classroom practices and professional …
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The potential for a future-focused curriculum in New Zealand: The perceptions and practice of six secondary school technology teachers
Technology education is a subject that has seen significant conceptual change within its curriculum since its inception. In New Zealand, the national curriculum positions technology education as a means to expose students to learning, which can be future-focused in nature. The subject affords …
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An Investigation of the Use and Effect of Literacy in Industrial Technology Curricula
… System curriculum and traditional industrial technology curriculum. Data were collected from informal reading inventories, student interviews, and teacher interviews. The focal group consisted of nine eighth grade students chosen based on their enrollment in industrial technology courses. This …
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A learning ecology framework for collective, e-mediated teacher development in primary science and technology
… professional learning of primary Science and Technology teachers in an elearning mediated context. Web-based networks and collaboratories are playing an increasingly prominent role in private and public sector knowledge building and innovation. In Education, online communities now frequently …
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Cognitive Effect Indicators: The Impact of Student and Teacher Styles on Course Grades
… Institute and State University Agricultural Technology program, identified relationships between problem solving and learning styles, and used problem solving and learning styles to explain students' end of course grades. Ninety-three students and six faculty members elected to participate in …
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Attitudes of University of Zululand students towards technology
… province. Data was collected from 88 teachers, enrolled for a National Professional Diploma in Education (NPDE) in technology education at the University. The study aimed at generating information from respondents in an open, qualitative research framework. The study utilized a …
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CAD and creativity at Key Stage 3 : towards a new pedagogy
… there has been a major shift in the Design and Technology curriculum in secondary schools away from manual techniques and towards digital processes and products. CAD/CAM (computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing) is not only commonplace it is also embedded into the English National …
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Factors That Correlate with the Use of Technology in Georgia's Elementary Schools
… including leadership, on Georgia elementary teachers' technology use. The researcher investigated the availability and the usage of technology in Georgia elementary public schools by teachers for delivery of instruction. The researcher also investigated school principals' support for …
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Technology in high school classrooms : a multiple case study of three secondary teachers.
… to meet society's needs. The changes require teachers to find new teaching methods to use evolving technology. Educators can integrate technology in the content areas to provide students with a 21st-century education that includes critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity …
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FOLKLORO ANSAMBLIO DRABUŽIAI /
… the possibilities of the production in technology lessons, also, the results of interviews with technology teachers, which show that the details of ancient Lithuanian clothing are available to make during the technology lessons. In the end, there is conclusion, the list of sources and …
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Teacher Preferences On Technology Use Using the iTEaCH Implementation Model: A Case Study In A Tanzanian Private School
… iTEaCH Implementation Model provides focus on teachers’ choice of technology use, desire for technology use, pedagogy perceptions, and collegiality to identify gaps that might be used to inform teachers and school leaders of technology provision, professional development, and collegial support …
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Industrial Technology Education Teachers Perceptions of National Standards for Technological Literacy in the State of Arizona
… literacy. To this end, the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) through the Technology for All Americans Project, has developed and promulgated the Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology. This effort is part of the ongoing initiative to …
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Exploring the strategies used by grade 6 teachers in the teaching of Natural Sciences and Technology in the Ngwelezane Circuit schools
… the love of the subject. South African Science teachers are struggling due to inadequate Science content knowledge, pedagogic skills and lack of confidence (Bantwini, 2010 and 2012; Centre for Development Enterprise, 2007 and 2014; DBE, 2013; Muwanga, 2003; Kriek and Grayson, 2009). The study …
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Professional Development for a New Curriculum for a Developing Country: The Example of Technology Education in the Solomon Islands
… explores the impact of a specially designed technology education professional development programme for traditional technical education secondary teachers to assist with the implementation of technology education in the Solomon Islands. Technology education is a new development for the …
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“The experiences I give them, that is going to be their opinion” : Formative assessment through dialogue in Technology Education
… is especially critical in a subject like Technology Education (TE) where students design and develop products based on a given design brief. As every student is developing something independently, formal whole-class test may not be effective for formative assessment. Formative assessment …
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Percepção dos professores de educação visual e tecnológica sobre a respectiva disciplina: um estudo de caso
Numa sociedade que se encontra num ritmo de mudança acelerado, a aprendizagem, a informação e o conhecimento assumem um papel central. A escola é chamada a assumir cada vez mais um papel decisivo na formação dos jovens nos mais diversos aspectos da sua vida. No que diz respeito à formação para o …
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