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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Teaching Technological Knowledge: Determining and Supporting Student Learning of Technological Concepts
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Compton, Vicki J.; Compton, Ange D. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
This paper reports on findings related to Technological Knowledge from Stage Two of the "Technological Knowledge and Nature of Technology: Implications for teaching and learning" ("TKNoT: Imps") research project undertaken in 2009. A key focus in Stage Two was the trialing of different teaching strategies to determine how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Educational Strategies, National Curriculum
Teaching the Nature of Technology: Determining and Supporting Student Learning of the Philosophy of Technology
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Compton, Vicki J.; Compton, Ange D. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
This paper reports on findings related to the Nature of Technology from Stage Two of the "Technological Knowledge and Nature of Technology: Implications for teaching and learning" ("TKNoT: Imps") research project undertaken in 2009. A key focus in Stage Two was the trialing of different teaching strategies to determine how learning related to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Technology Education, Misconceptions
Understanding Modelling in Technology and Science: The Potential of Stories from the Field
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France, Bev; Compton, Vicki J.; Gilbert, John K. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2011
This paper tells the story of how two biotechnologists used models, one working as a technologist and the other as a scientist. These stories were collected during the development of the key ideas about the nature of technology and technological knowledge during the latest curriculum development in New Zealand. Their stories of how and why they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Technology, Sciences