Upgrading Technology Towards the Status of a High School Matriculation Subject: A Case Study

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Upgrading Technology Towards the Status of a High School Matriculation Subject: A Case Study PDF

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https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v9n1/pdf/verner.pdf

Creator:

Kolberg, Eli
Verner, Igor M.
Waks, Shlomo

Publisher:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Description: Technological education in high schools is undergoing reform in relation to its status, goals and teaching/learning strategies. This trend is an important part of the worldwide general reform process aiming to make school education more meaningful, intellectual and creative. Real world problems, interdisciplinary approaches, project oriented learning, team cooperation and authentic assessment have become the highlights of recent curriculum innovations. Curriculum design in technology, to a greater extent than in many other disciplines, calls for a variety of social, economic, historic-cultural and psychological considerations in addition to pedagogical factors (Waks, 1995). Diverse situations in different countries have led to the development of various models of technology education. A comparative study of approaches to teaching technology in England, France and the United States (Gradwell, 1996) indicates that differences originate in the history of the nations. Lewis (1996) compared technology education systems in the U. S. and U. K. and pointed out that there is great value in discussion and comparison of the different educational approaches among nations. He called for a cross-national comparison of case studies of specific technology programs that can aid in constructing a grammar for communicating about the subject across cultures.

LC Classification:

Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Education -- Special topics, A-Z -- Engineering education
Education -- Special aspects of education -- Types of education -- Industrial education (General) -- High technology and education
Education -- Theory and practice of education -- Secondary education. High school teaching -- Curriculum

GEM Subject:

Science -- Engineering
Science -- Instructional issues
Vocational Education -- Trade and industrial

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material

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Document -- PDF

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

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National Center for Manufacturing Education

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