Researching technology education : : methods and techniques / / edited by Howard Middleton.

• Superior document: International Technology Education Studies ; 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Middleton, Howard,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2008]; 2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: International Technology Education Studies ; 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This third volume in the International Technology Education Series provides insights into developments in technology education research in terms of methods and techniques. The importance of the book is that it highlights the uniqueness of the area of technology education in terms of content, and learning and teaching processes, and the need to provide methods and techniques to capture this uniqueness when undertaking research. The book comprises research methods and techniques being used by a range of current researchers. Each chapter includes details of the method or technique, but does so in terms of a project where it was used. This provides important contextual material that will help researchers when developing research projects. The book contains research methods and techniques that are new in general as well as ones new to technology education and ones that are variations to existing methods and techniques to make them suitable for use in technology education research.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Howard Middleton -- Researching Technology Education / Howard Middleton -- Classroom Case Studies / Robert McCormick -- International Collaborative Case Studies / Frank Banks -- The Repertory Grid Technique / Lars Björklund -- Researching Expertise Development in Complex Computer Applications / Ivan Chester -- A Cultural-Historical Perspective on Research in Design and Technology Education / Marilyn Fleer -- Design Performance: Digital Tools: Research Processes / Richard Kimbell -- Comparative Analysis as a Research Method in Technology Education / Margarita Pavlova -- Observational Techniques for Examining Student Learning Activity in Technology Education / Kay Stables -- Capturing Knowledge and Activity / John Stevenson -- Using Stimulated Recall Techniques in Technology Education Classes / Bradley Walmsley -- Examining Design Thinking / Howard Middleton -- Index / Howard Middleton.