Analyzing Best Practices in Technology Education / / Marc J. de Vries; Rod Custer; John Dakers; Gene Martin.

• Superior document: International Technology Education Studies ; 2
• VerfasserIn: de Vries, Marc J.,; Custer, Rod,; Dakers, John,; Martin, Gene,
• TeilnehmendeR: Custer, Rod,; Dakers, John,; Martin, Gene,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Sense,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: International Technology Education Studies ; 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Inspired by a similar book in science education, the editors of this volume have put together a book with a practice-oriented approach towards technology education research. Teachers’ accounts of successful classroom activities are used as the basis for reflection on what determines 'good' technology education practice. Part I has eight stories told by teachers. Topics range from puppet making to electronics and biotechnology. The teachers were nominated by academic technology education experts. Part II has eleven essays by such experts in which they identify those elements in the teachers’ accounts that they consider to be justifications for calling that practice 'good'. Focuses in these essays are: technological literacy, ethics, culture, design, stakeholders, attitudes, motivation, teaching approaches, social aspects, differentiation and assessment. For technology education the first book that is based on reflection on successful practice as an approach for developing research insights for this curricular domain.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Marc de Vries , Rod Custer , John Dakers and Gene Martin -- Reflecting on Reflective Practitioners in Technology Education / Marc J. de Vries -- Teaching Biotechnology / Paula Wine and Judy Moreland -- Building a New Community / Diane Novak and Patrick N. Foster -- Probing our Technological Past / Kenneth Pryde -- Electronics / Tony Cox -- Construction of a Three-Phase Didactic Motor / Luis Bernardo Rios Escobar -- Mysteries for Sale / Josine E. Frederik and Wim Sonneveld -- Power and Energy / Thelma Kastl -- Puppetry as a Technology Education Unit / Swati Mehrotra and Ritesh Khunyakari -- Incorporating Technological Literacy into Classroom Practice / John R Dakers -- Ethics In Technology / Rodney L. Custer -- Culture and Technology Education / Chitra Natarajan -- Design Aspects / Robert McCormick -- Stakeholders in Technology Education / P. John Williams -- Attitudes / Kenneth S. Volk -- Motivational Aspects / Ann Marie Hill -- Teaching Approaches / Judy Moreland and Bronwen Cowie -- Social Aspects of Learning / Michael A. de Miranda -- Differentiation in the Technology Education Classroom / Marie Hoepfl -- Assessment / Richard Kimbell -- Index / Marc de Vries , Rod Custer , John Dakers and Gene Martin.